Soham murderer Ian Huntley 'returned to jail' after attack

Soham murderer Ian Huntley 'returned to jail' after attack, reports claim

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Sunday, 21, Mar 2010 09:17

By Sarah Garrod.

Soham murderer Ian Huntley is reported to be back in jail in Durham after allegedly having his throat slashed by a fellow inmate yesterday.

It is believed the 36-year-old, who is serving a life sentence for the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, both ten, was taken to hospital where his injuries were said to be non life-threatening following the incident.

The attack, at Frankland prison in County Durham, follows a series of reports of prisoners targeting Huntley, including one in 2005, when another inmate threw boiling water over the convicted murderer. Huntley has made numerous suicide attempts during his sentence.

Commenting on the latest incident, a spokesman for the Ministry of Justice said: "A prisoner at HMP Frankland was assaulted by another prisoner at about 15:25 GMT on Sunday 21 March.

"The prisoner was taken to outside hospital for treatment. His condition is not thought to be life-threatening."

Reports claim the attack on Huntley was pre-meditated, with a fellow inmate using a handmade weapon to attack him. Earlier this week the Prison Officers Association (POA) had called for the removal of all glass jars and containers from the possession of inmates, following a vicious assault at the same prison on March 15th.

Three members of staff were stabbed by a prisoner using a glass bottle purchased from the prison shop in the incident. Colin Moses, national chairman of the POA said last week: "Only for the swift and professional action of staff, the service could have been dealing with a loss of life. All three members of staff were victims of this callous attack by a convicted murderer.

"It is simply immoral, that prisoners can buy glass jars and bottles from the prison shop and have ready made weapons in their cells in 2010."

Huntley, a former school caretaker, is currently serving two life sentences at Frankland for the murder of the two girls in December 2003. Holly and Jessica vanished from their homes in Soham, Cambridgeshire, in August 2002. He has been told by judges he has "little or no hope" of ever being released.