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Man charged with murder of Soham killer Ian Huntley
Anthony Russell, serving a whole-life sentence, allegedly attacked Ian Huntley with a spiked metal pole in HMP Frankland's workshop, causing fatal brain injuries, police said.
- Durham Constabulary confirmed Anthony Russell, 43, has been charged with the murder of Ian Huntley and will appear via videolink at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, March 11.
- The assault at HMP Frankland on February 26 left Ian Huntley, 52, with serious injuries; he was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, where he died on March 7.
- Security staff found Huntley lying in a pool of blood after he was repeatedly struck on the head with a metal pole in the HMP Frankland workshop, causing severe brain trauma.
- The Crown Prosecution Service said it will prosecute Anthony Russell with murder and urged that reporting must not prejudice the proceedings following Durham Constabulary's investigation.
- Huntley's 2003 conviction for the Soham murders means debate over taxpayer-funded funeral costs, with Justice Secretary David Lammy under pressure to limit expenses to 3,000.
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