Man arrested in connection with 1994 Rikki Neave murder

Detectives investigating the murder of six-year-old Rikki Neave 22 years ago have arrested a man on suspicion of murder.

The man, who is in his 30s and from Peterborough, was detained this morning, police said.

Rikki was last seen leaving for school in Peterborough at around 9am on the morning of November 28, 1994.

His body was found in a wooded area of Eye Road close to Willoughby Court at 12:05pm the following day - five minutes' walk from his house in the Welland Estate.

A post mortem examination found he had been strangled.

The arrest comes after detectives relaunched the investigation into Rikki's murder with a team of dedicated officers in June last year.