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- 55-year-old David Thomas Boyd, of Chesterton Court, Norton, Stockton, denies the murder of Nikki Allan, near her home in Wear Garth, in the East End of Sunderland, in October 1992.
- Jury selection was to have been completed overnight prior to the scheduled trial opening today.
- Follow our live updates of the trial of Boyd this morning.
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