Soham MP's brutal 7-word statement as Ian Huntley dies after vicious prison attack
Huntley is believed to have suffered significant head trauma and on Saturday (March 7) it was reported that he had died after days in hospital.
Soham's local MP has issued a brutal seven-word response to the death of child-killer Ian Huntley, whose name still haunts the Cambridgeshire town. Huntley, who murdered 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman after they left a family barbecue to buy sweets in Soham on August 4, 2002, has died after being attacked in prison last week.
The 52-year-old was alleged to have been targeted in a workshop of HMP Frankland in County Durham on Thursday by another inmate with a metal bar, leaving him badly injured. Huntley is believed to have suffered significant head trauma and on Saturday (March 7) it was reported that he had died after days in hospital. Huntley's crimes shocked the nation. After killing Holly and Jessica, the former school caretaker dumped their bodies in a ditch 12 miles away in Lakenheath, Suffolk.
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The grim discovery came after a major two-week search for the girls. Huntley was serving a life sentence with a recommendation that he served at least 40 years for the murders at the time of his death. A judge told Huntley he had "little hope of release".
The horrific killings have cast a long shadow over Soham, with locals reluctant to speak about Huntley after confirmation of his death on Saturday.
The BBC approached various local figures including the town council and a vicar for their reaction, with most declining to make a statement on camera, and locals not prepared to waste their breath on him.
Charlotte Cane, the Liberal Democrat MP for the Ely and East Cambridgeshire constituency (which includes Soham), was the only one willing to.
She told the outlet that the murderer "clearly didn't want to serve his full life sentence; he clearly found it difficult".
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But, Ms Cane added, "in many ways, I don't really care about him anymore". "It's the people who suffered because of him, they're the people who matter," she said.
Huntley's life support was switched off at lunchtime on Friday after brain tests showed he was in a vegetative state, The Sun reported. The decision was reportedly made following consultations with his mother Lynda Richards.
A spokesman for Durham Constabulary said: “A man who was attacked at HMP Frankland in Durham last week has died in hospital this morning.
“Ian Huntley, 52, was taken to hospital with serious injuries following an incident in the workshop on the morning of Thursday, February 26.
“A police investigation into the circumstances of the incident is ongoing. A file is being prepared for the Crown Prosecution Service for consideration for charges.”
