An inquiry is scheduled to commence next month regarding the passing of Ian Huntley, the infamous criminal from Soham, who died shortly after being assaulted in prison.
Huntley, aged 52, passed away at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle on March 7, following an alleged attack with a metal bar at HMP Frankland in Durham on February 26.
The County Durham and Darlington Coroner has released information about the initial hearing of the inquiry, set to occur in Crook, County Durham, on April 14.
The opening of the inquiry, listed under the name Ian Kevin Huntley, will be overseen by senior coroner Jeremy Chipperfield.
It has been reported that there will be no public funeral for Huntley, with The Sun mentioning that his family plans to scatter his ashes privately.
Anthony Russell, 43, has been accused of Huntley’s murder at the high-security prison, and is scheduled to appear at Newcastle Crown Court on April 24 for a pre-trial preparation session.
Huntley was serving a life sentence for the tragic murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, both 10 years old, in 2002. The former school caretaker committed the heinous crime after the girls went missing in Soham, Cambridgeshire, in August 2002. Their bodies were discovered 10 miles away two weeks later following an extensive police search.
During the investigation, Huntley resided with Maxine Carr, who was employed as a teaching assistant at the girls’ school. Although Huntley denied the charges, he was convicted of the murders in 2003 at the Old Bailey and received a life sentence with a minimum term of 40 years.
Carr, who provided a false alibi for Huntley, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for obstructing justice. She currently lives under a different identity.
