Soham murderer Ian Huntley dies after HMP Frankland prison attack

The Guardian World

by Jamie Grierson and Kevin Rawlinson

March 7, 2026

School caretaker who killed 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2002 was reportedly assaulted with metal bar August 2002: the summer we watched a senseless tragedy unfold in Soham The child killer Ian Huntley has died in hospital, just over a week after being attacked at a maximum security prison. The former school caretaker killed Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, both aged 10, in Soham, Cambridgeshire on 4 August 2002. The girls had left a family barbecue to buy sweets. Continue reading...

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Originally published on The Guardian World on 3/7/2026