NORTHAMPTON - A mother, fascinated by the occult and black magic, strangled her six year old son, then laid him out like a sacrificial victim in his woodland den, a court heard yesterday. Ms Ruth Neave (28), killed her son, Rikki, in an attempt to win back her wayward husband, Northampton Crown Court was told.
Ms Neave denies murdering her son in November 1994 and leaving him naked some 100 yards from their home in Redmile Walk, Peterborough.
Mr James Hunt QC, prosecuting, said Ms Neave, who had a drug problem, had asked Cambridgeshire County Council to take her son into care. The case continues.