Register expired domain for links

Hi, I have googled this but get conflicting answers. I found an expired domain that has some links from important websites in my niche. The domain used to be in the same sector as I am. Is it useful for SEO to register the domain and set up a 301 redirect to my site to get some additional link juice? Some sites say this could be helpful, while others mention that google will notice a change of ownership and will not take the link into account. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts...