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Kill Total: |
2 |
Kill place: |
Soham, Cambridge |
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Kill date: |
August 2002 |
Victim(s): |
Holly Wells
Jessica Chapman |
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Date of Birth: |
31 January 1974 |
Marital Status: |
Single |
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AKA: |
Soham Murders |
Occupation: |
School caretaker |
Holly Wells and Jessica
Chapman, both 10, disappeared from their home town of
Soham in Cambridgeshire on 4th August 2002. Their bodies
were found in a ditch at Lakenheath, Suffolk, on 17th
August 2003.
Ian Huntley & Maxine Carr appeared at the Old Bailey in
London, accused of abducting and murdering Holly and
Jessica, the trial started on Monday 3rd November 2003.
the first two days consisted of legal and procedural
issues and included swearing in the Jury. the trial proper
began on Wednesday 5th November 2003. the verdict was
given on Wednesday 17th December 2003. Huntley sentenced
to life imprisonment for double murder.
After his arrest Huntley was sectioned under the mental
health act and was being held at a secure unit, and
underwent extensive psychiatric tests.
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14 September 2005
Huntley was scalded with boiling water when another inmate
attacked him.
29 September 2005,
High Court Judge Mr Justice Moses, who presided over
Huntley's original trial, ruled that he should spend 40
years in prison before he can be considered for parole.
5 September
2006,
Huntley was found unconscious in his prison cell, thought
to have taken an overdose.
27 September
2007,
Huntley managed to get hold of enough drugs to take an
overdose, the third occasion Huntley has done this. He was
taken to Pinderfields hospital in West Yorkshire and
returned shortly afterwards to HMP Wakefield
April 2007 Hailey
Giblin, from Lincolnshire, was awarded a claim for civil
damages against Huntley after a court ruled that he had
molested her when she was aged 11. Huntley had admitted
that in the summer of 1997 he had taken her from the
street she lived in, to an orchard where she was subject
to a sexual attack at his hands.
28 January
2008,
Huntley was Moved to
HMP Frankland
prison in
Durham
after it was calculated that it was costing £1,128 per day
to keep Huntley on 24 hour suicide watch.
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