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Soham double murderer Ian Huntley has died in hospital after being attacked inside the workshop of HMP Frankland, a maximum-security prison in Durham, authorities said. Huntley, 52, suffered severe brain trauma in the Feb. 26 assault and had been kept on life support after being struck repeatedly over the head with a metal bar by another inmate. A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: “The murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman remains one of the most shocking and devastating cases in our nation’s history, and our…

Soham murderer Ian Huntley has died in hospital after being attacked at HMP Frankland in County Durham, police said, prompting a criminal investigation into the prison assault that left one of Britain’s most notorious killers on life support. Huntley, 52, was assaulted in the prison workshop on Thursday, Feb. 26, and suffered severe head injuries after being struck repeatedly by an inmate wielding a metal bar, according to earlier reports. He was transferred to hospital and placed on life support before his death. Durham…

Ian Huntley, the convicted killer at the center of the Soham murders, is understood to have suffered serious injuries after an assault at HMP Frankland in County Durham on Thursday morning, according to police and prison authorities. Durham Constabulary said officers were called to the high-security prison after an incident inside the facility. “Police were alerted to an assault which had taken place within HMP Frankland in Durham this morning,” a spokesperson said. “A male prisoner suffered serious injuries during the…