Soham double child killer Ian Huntley fighting for life after jail attack
Soham murderer Ian Huntley is fighting for life in hospital after being attacked in prison.
Huntley, 52, was ‘severely’ wounded by a fellow lag at the high-security HMP Frankland, where he is serving a life sentence for the 2002 murders of 10-year-old best friends Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.
The double child killer was airlifted to hospital after being found in a pool of blood on his prison wing.
A source said he was left ‘in a terrible state’ and his condition is ‘touch and go’.
They told The Sun: ‘It was absolute chaos. I’m amazed someone was able to get anywhere near him because he is usually really closely protected.’
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The source told the newspaper the attack must have been timed around when Huntley would be without any officers near him.
His attacker ‘must have used a weapon to injure him so severely’, they added.
A Prison Service spokesperson said: ‘A prisoner is receiving treatment after an incident at HMP Frankland on Thursday morning.
‘It would be inappropriate to comment further while police investigate.’
A spokesman for Durham Constabulary said: ‘Police were alerted to an assault which had taken place within HMP Frankland in Durham this morning.
‘A male prisoner suffered serious injuries during the incident and was transported to hospital.
‘A police investigation is now under way into the circumstances of the incident and detectives are liaising with staff at the prison.’
Huntley was jailed for life with a minimum term of 40 years meaning he will not be eligible for parole until 2042 at the earliest.
The judge, Mr Justice Moses, said the sentence – then one of the longest tariffs ever handed down – ‘offers little or no hope of the defendant’s eventual release’.
Dubbed ‘Monster Mansion’, HMP Frankland houses some of Britain’s most dangerous prisoners, including serial killer Levi Bellfield, WayneCouzens, and Michael Adebolajo.
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