Ian Huntley suspected attacker’s 3-word boast after ‘splitting child killer’s head in two’ | UK | News | EUROtoday

Ian Huntley’s alleged attacker reportedly cried out, “I’ve done it”, after bludgeoning the child-killer with a spiked metallic pole. Huntley’s head was “split in two” after he was struck six occasions.

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. He dumped their our bodies in a ditch.

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

The Sun mentioned the killer was knocked unconscious with a metallic pole and quoted a supply saying his situation was “touch and go”.

Thursday’s assault was the most recent try on Huntley’s life. He was thought to have been stored underneath shut statement to forestall comparable assaults.

Robber Damien Fowkes slashed Huntley 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 in 2010.

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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”.

A Prison Service spokesperson mentioned: “A prisoner is receiving treatment after an incident at HMP Frankland on Thursday morning. It would be inappropriate to comment further while police investigate.”

A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson mentioned of at the moment’s alleged assault: “We dispatched two ambulance crews to the scene and requested support from the Great North Air Ambulance Service. One patient was transported to hospital by road.”

A spokesman for Durham Constabulary mentioned earlier at the moment: “The 52-year-old prisoner who was injured during this morning’s assault in the workshop at HMP Frankland remains in a serious condition in hospital following treatment for head injuries.

“Police forensic groups have examined the scene of the assault all through the day to collect proof. A suspect, a male prisoner in his mid-40s, has been recognized by officers investigating the incident.

“He has not been arrested at this stage but remains in detention within the prison.”