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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-07T09:58:46.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nChild killer Ian Huntley has died following a savage prison attack.\n\nThe 52-year-old was left on life support after being attacked with a spiked metal pole at HMP Frankland in County Durham last week.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nHe did not regain consciousness after the assault.\n\nThe former school caretaker was serving a minimum 40-year sentence for the 2002 murders of two ten-year-olds, best friends Holly Wells and Jessica Chapma, in Soham.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nFollowing the news of his death, a Ministry of Justice spokesman said: “The murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman remain one of the most shocking and devastating cases in our nation’s history, and our thoughts are with their families.”\n\nA spokesman for Durham Constabulary said: “A man who was attacked at HMP Frankland in Durham last week has died in hospital this morning.\n\n“Ian Huntley, 52, was taken to hospital with serious injuries following an incident in the workshop on the morning of Thursday, February 26.\n\n“A police investigation into the circumstances of the incident is ongoing.“A file is being prepared for the Crown Prosecution Service for consideration for charges.”\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n****His mother, Lynda Richards, 71, is said to have travelled from her Lincolnshire home to be at his hospital bedside before his death.\n\nShe allegedly told friends that her son was unrecognisable following the savage assault.\n\nThe incident was not the first time Huntley has been targeted behind bars.\n\nIn 2010, he required 21 stitches after robber Damien Fowkes cut his throat in prison.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**_MORE TO FOLLOW_**\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards:The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Soham murderer Ian Huntley dead aged 52 after being taken off life support following prison attack"
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