Summary
Ian Huntley, serving a life sentence for murdering two girls in 2002, died from a head injury after a prison attack. The inquest, which found Huntley was attacked with a metal bar, has been put on hold while criminal proceedings against Anthony Russell, the alleged attacker, are underway.
Key Facts
- Ian Huntley died from a head injury caused by a prison attack.
- He was attacked with a metal bar at HMP Frankland in Durham.
- Huntley passed away nine days after the attack in a hospital in Newcastle.
- He was serving a life sentence with a minimum term of 40 years for the murder of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2002.
- An inquest into his death has been opened and then suspended due to ongoing criminal proceedings.
- Anthony Russell, aged 43, has been charged with murdering Huntley.
- Huntley's murder case involved the disappearance and deaths of two 10-year-old girls in Soham.
