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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy-Clare Martin

Prisoner appears in court charged with murdering Ian Huntley

  • Prisoner Anthony Russell, 43, has been charged with the murder of Ian Huntley.
  • Huntley, 52, died nine days after an alleged attack with a metal bar in a workshop at maximum security HMP Frankland on 26 February.
  • Russell appeared at Teesside Crown Court via videolink for a preliminary hearing, confirming his name and date of birth.
  • He was not asked to enter a plea, with a pre-trial preparation hearing scheduled for 24 April at Newcastle Crown Court.
  • Ian Huntley was serving a life sentence for the 2002 murders of 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in Soham, Cambridgeshire.

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Inmate appears in court charged with murder of Soham killer Ian Huntley

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