Paedophile Xavier Themis abducted Leoni Keating from a Great Yarmouth holiday park in September 1985.

Four days later her body was spotted floating in a water channel 50-miles away in the River Lark at Barton Mills, near Thetford.

She had been gagged, her hands were tied up with a washing line and she had been sexually assaulted.

The killing shocked the nation and led to a nationwide manhunt, including the publication of photofits of a man spotted in the area.

More than 4,000 caravan park visitors were questioned as part of the investigation.

Leoni Keating was snatched after being left alone in a holiday caravan in Great Yarmouth (Image: Newsquest) The youngster was taken from what was then the Seaview caravan park on Great Yarmouth seafront (Image: Newsquest)

Themis, 28, then known as Gary Hopkins, was jailed after being convicted of murder in June 1986 at Ipswich Crown Court.

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In 2008, he was told he would have to serve at least 30-years before being considered for parole.

His tariff expired in 2016 and he has served an extra eight years behind bars.

Gary Hopkins, now called Xavier Themis, was given a life tariff for murder but later had it reduced to 30 years (Image:........

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