Ian Huntley, the 52-year-old Soham killer, currently serving a life sentence, suffered serious head injuries after being attacked by a fellow inmate during a prison workshop.
Huntley, notorious as the Soham Killer for killing two schoolgirls, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in August 2002, was taken to hospital on Thursday morning for treatment.
According to Durham Constabulary, the suspect in his mid-40s behind the attack was in custody and had not been formally arrested at this time.
According to the sun, Huntley was attacked with a metal bar and due to the seriousness of his injuries an air ambulance was sent to HMP Frankland, a high security prison in County Durham. However, the patient was taken to the hospital by road.
A Durham Police spokesman said: “Police were alerted to an assault which had taken place at HMP Frankland in Durham this morning. A male prisoner suffered serious injuries during the incident and was taken to hospital.”
This is not the first time Huntley has been attacked since he was formally convicted and sent to prison on December 17, 2003.
He had been attacked twice while serving his life sentence:
- In September 2005 he was scalded with boiling water at HMP Wakefield.
- Huntley was moved to HMP Frankland in 2008 and in March 2010 he was attacked and slashed across the throat by a fellow inmate.
What were the Soham murders?
The Soham murders were a double child murder committed in Soham, Cambridgeshire, England on 4 August 2002 by Huntley. He lured both girls, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, into his house and killed them before dumping their bodies in a ditch near an airbase in Lakenheath, Suffolk.
During the investigation, he admitted to trying to burn the girls’ bodies and lying to the police to cover his tracks.
Huntley was sentenced to life in prison and ordered to serve a minimum of 40 years before being considered for release.
