Police charge man with Sunderland boy's 1990 murder (From The Northern Echo)
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Police charge man with Sunderland boy's 1990 murder
4:26pm Wednesday 21st November 2012 in News
By Matt Westcott
POLICE have charged a man with the murder of a teenage boy whose body was found in a derelict property 22 years ago.
Steven Grieveson, 42, was charged with murdering Simon Martin, 14, whose body was discovered at Gilside House, Roker, in May 1990.
Kingsley Hyland, head of the complex casework unit at CPS North East, said: "I have today authorised Northumbria Police to charge Steven John Grieveson (AKA Steven John Field), 42, with one count of murder, after careful consideration of new evidence in this case.
"The charge relates to the discovery of the body of 14-year old Simon Martin at a derelict property in Sunderland, on 26 May 1990."
"He will appear via video link at Sunderland Magistrates Court on December 4."
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