Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Who is Soham killer Ian Huntley?
BBC ^ | Feb 27 | BBC

Posted on 02/27/2026 10:08:00 AM PST by RandFan

Ian Huntley, the former school caretaker who murdered two 10-year-old schoolgirls in Soham, has been attacked in prison.

Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were best friends who vanished after leaving a family barbecue in 2002 in their small town near Cambridge.

Huntley, a cruel and calculating man who feigned concern for the girls during TV interviews at the time of the search, was jailed for life in 2003.

The brutality of his crimes have made him a target in prison and he has been attacked several times. The latest assault, which saw him bludgeoned with a makeshift weapon in a workshop at HMP Frankland, has left him in hospital with significant head trauma.

Huntley was sentenced to at least 40 years in custody and was told by a judge he had "little hope of release" for the killings that shocked a nation.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS:

Click here: to donate by Credit Card

Or here: to donate by PayPal

Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794

Thank you very much and God bless you.

I do believe child murderers should face the death penalty maybe one day the UK will bring it back?
1 posted on 02/27/2026 10:08:00 AM PST by RandFan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: RandFan

Honestly who cares, let him die in ignominy.


2 posted on 02/27/2026 10:11:52 AM PST by Skwor
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RandFan

3 posted on 02/27/2026 10:13:09 AM PST by xp38
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Skwor

My answer was going to be the shorter “Who cares?” But I like yours better.


4 posted on 02/27/2026 10:13:52 AM PST by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: RandFan

Nope, death is too easy. Let him be pummeled every single day of his miserable long life.


5 posted on 02/27/2026 10:18:13 AM PST by Donbue
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Skwor

One thing’s for sure, his accomplice after the fact, Maxine Ann Carr, feels VERY sorry for herself.


6 posted on 02/27/2026 10:43:54 AM PST by CharlesOConnell (Kucy)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: CharlesOConnell

Ya, it is a prevision of justice that such criminals are treated with more deference and even protected when the families of those they victimized are left empty and destroyed.

It is not revenge to seek the warranted consequences of such atrocities.


7 posted on 02/27/2026 10:48:45 AM PST by Skwor
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: RandFan

Find a tall tree
and 'decorate' it...



8 posted on 02/27/2026 11:07:18 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RandFan

I thought this was referring to the infamous British Moors murderers but that was Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.


9 posted on 02/27/2026 11:22:57 AM PST by circlecity
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RandFan

Unfortunately, the UK has done away with the death penalty.


10 posted on 02/27/2026 11:58:10 AM PST by Doc91678 (Doc91678)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson