Police give replace on Ian Huntley after jail assault with metallic bar | EUROtoday

Soham killer Ian Huntley stays in a critical situation in hospital, two days after he was attacked with a metallic bar by one other inmate at a most safety jail.

Durham Constabulary confirmed on Saturday morning that his situation had not modified in a single day. A spokesperson acknowledged: “The 52-year-old man remains in hospital in a serious condition, there have been no changes overnight.” The assault came about within the jail’s workshop.

According to experiences, triple killer Anthony Russell allegedly shouted “I’ve done it, I’ve done it” after Huntley, 52, was repeatedly smashed over the top at HMP Frankland, Durham, on Thursday morning.

The drive declined to establish the suspect however mentioned on Thursday {that a} man in his mid-40s had been detained within the jail, however had not but been arrested.

Former caretaker Huntley killed 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman after they left a household barbecue to purchase sweets in Soham, Cambridgeshire, on August 4 2002, then dumped their our bodies in a ditch.

Russell was sentenced to an entire life tariff in 2021 for the murders of Julie Williams, 58, and her son David Williams, 32, at separate flats in Coventry, and pregnant 31-year-old Nicole McGregor, who was present in woodland close to Leamington Spa three days later.

Russell additionally raped Ms McGregor.

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Thursday’s assault was the most recent try on Huntley’s life and he was thought to have been stored underneath shut commentary to stop related assaults.

In 2010, robber Damien Fowkes slashed him with a home-made weapon, inflicting a “severe, gaping cut to the left side of his neck” with a 7in (18cm) wound which required 21 stitches.

Fowkes requested a jail officer: “Is he dead? I hope so.”

He described Huntley as a “notorious child killer, both inside prison and in society in general”.

Huntley is serving a life sentence with a advice that he serves no less than 40 years for the Soham murders.