THE parents of a young man who was murdered seven years ago today, have said they will never give up hope that police will catch his killers.

And Northumbria Police have also vowed that the hunt will never end for the men who beat father-of-two Paul Logan to death on December 23, 1993.

Detective Chief Superintendent David Wilson has visited the Logan family to assure them the murder inquiry would continue for as long as it takes.

Senior officers from the force have also hinted that advances in forensic science could yet help catch the killers of Mr Logan.

Delivery man Paul Logan, who was 25, from Shotley Bridge, near Consett, in County Durham, was beaten to death when he answered a bogus call to deliver a meal from a Chinese takeaway.

After he arrived at a remote farm two miles from his home and just over the Northumerland border, he was beaten and kicked to death.

Police believe a number of men were involved.

Suspects have been interviewed in connection with the death, but no one has ever been charged for the murder.

Yesterday Paul's mother and father Elsie and Hugh Logan said they would never give up hope that the murderers would be caught.

Mrs Logan said: "You can't give up hope. I don't actually build up my hopes any more but you can never give up."

She added that she and her husband had never celebrated Christmas since their son was killed.

The family has joined in a number of police appeals for anyone with information to come forward, and has offered a £10,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of the killers.

Paul's children Michael and Natalie are now 11 and seven years old respectively.