8. A Suspect on the Run

For more than 20 years the case of the murder of six-year-old
Rikki Neave went unsolved. In this new ten part investigation,
award-winning journalist Winifred Robinson, has unearthed the
truth through unprecedented access to police interview rooms, and
follows the investigation as the police move in on the
perpetrator.


It's a haunting and heart-breaking case filled with injustice, a
story of vulnerable children, know to the authorities who should
have been protected, a tale of lives wasted and cut short. You'll
hear original police tapes never broadcast before, fresh
testimony from suspects and witnesses, new and compelling
evidence from forensic scientists. The series takes you inside
the jury room and abroad as the manhunt closes in.


In Episode Eight of The Boy in the Woods the BBC Journalist,
Winifred Robinson, investigates the past of the new main suspect
in the case, a grown man now, but a boy of 13 at the time of
Rikki's death. As the case against him takes shape he escapes to
Portugal, hiding out in a camper van to avoid border controls.
Once there he sends taunting photos to journalists in the UK and
criticises what he claims are police attempts to incriminate him.


The Boy in the Woods is Presented by BBC Journalist, Winifred
Robinson; the Series Producer is Sue Mitchell Sound Design is by
Tom Brignall and Joel Moors