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Inquest into death of Soham child murderer Ian Huntley to begin next month
Ian Huntley died after an alleged assault with a metal bar in prison; a man has been charged with his murder and an inquest will examine the circumstances.
- An inquest into the death of Ian Huntley will open on April 14 in Crook, County Durham, led by senior coroner Jeremy Chipperfield for the 52-year-old, who died in the Royal Victoria Infirmary on March 7.
- Huntley died after an alleged attack with a metal bar at HMP Frankland in Durham on February 26, and Anthony Russell, 43, has been charged with murdering the inmate at the maximum-security jail.
- The ex-school caretaker was serving a life sentence for the 2002 murders of 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, having killed the best friends in Soham and dumped their bodies 10 miles away.
- Reports indicate there will be no funeral service for the child killer, with family members expected to scatter his ashes in secret, while former partner Maxine Carr lives under a new identity.
- Anthony Russell will attend Newcastle Crown Court on April 24 for a pre-trial preparation hearing regarding the murder charge, following Huntley's death at the Royal Victoria Infirmary earlier this month.
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Inquest for Ian Huntley to open next month after Soham killer's prison death
Ian Huntley, who was jailed for life for the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in Soham, Cambridgeshire, in 2002, died in hospital in March following an incident at HMP Frankland
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