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16/04/2003
Soham murder accused pleas not guilty
The school janitor who is accused of murdering Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman has pleaded not guilty at the Old Bailey in London today.
However, Ian Huntley admitted to one charge of conspiring to pervert the course of justice.
Twenty-nine-year-old Ian Huntley, from Soham in Cambridgeshire, was charged on August 20 with the murder the two 10-year-old schoolgirls.
His former girlfriend Maxine Carr was also in court to enter a plea of not guilty to charges of helping an offender and perverting the course of justice.
Holly and Jessica went missing whilst out walking in Soham on August 4. Their bodies were later found near Lakenheath, Surrey, on August 17.
Both Huntley and Carr had worked at St Andrew's school where both the victims were pupils.
(GMcG)
However, Ian Huntley admitted to one charge of conspiring to pervert the course of justice.
Twenty-nine-year-old Ian Huntley, from Soham in Cambridgeshire, was charged on August 20 with the murder the two 10-year-old schoolgirls.
His former girlfriend Maxine Carr was also in court to enter a plea of not guilty to charges of helping an offender and perverting the course of justice.
Holly and Jessica went missing whilst out walking in Soham on August 4. Their bodies were later found near Lakenheath, Surrey, on August 17.
Both Huntley and Carr had worked at St Andrew's school where both the victims were pupils.
(GMcG)
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Child killer Huntley handed down two life sentences
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Child killer Huntley handed down two life sentences
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Huntley to serve 40 years
Double child murderer Ian Huntley is set to serve at least 40 years in jail. Sentencing Huntley today at the High Court, Mr Justice Moses said that Huntley's offences did not meet the criteria for a "whole-life" tariff, but he said that the 40-year tariff offered little or no hope of release.
10 June 2003
Huntley improves after suicide bid
The man charged with the murders of Soham schoolgirls Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells has improved after yesterday's suicide bid. Ian Huntley was taken off life-support today after taking a drugs overdose at HMP Woodhill in Buckinghamshire yesterday morning. He was taken to Milton Keynes General Hospital at around 4am.
Huntley improves after suicide bid
The man charged with the murders of Soham schoolgirls Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells has improved after yesterday's suicide bid. Ian Huntley was taken off life-support today after taking a drugs overdose at HMP Woodhill in Buckinghamshire yesterday morning. He was taken to Milton Keynes General Hospital at around 4am.
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