Notorious Killer's Brutal Prison Death

0:00On March 23, Anne Huntley, the 52-year-old who murdered 10-year-old girls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman back in 2002, died last month after a brutal prison attack. He was serving a life sentence at high security, HMP Franklin, when fellow inmate Anthony Russell beat him to death with a metal pole. No funeral services planned, and his ashes will simply go to his family. Russell, a 43-year-old convicted triple killer and rapist, faces murder charges and appeared in court earlier this month. The attack happened on February 26, in a prison workshop, leaving Huntley in a coma before he passed away on March 7 at 8, 45 am. Huntley's relatives turned down any state-funded ceremony out of respect for his victims, saying they were appalled by his crimes. A public petition against using taxpayer money quickly gathered over 55,000 signatures, and Justice Minister Sarah Sackman confirmed, no. Public funds beyond the bare minimum would be spent. The girls vanished from a family barbecue in Sohom, and Huntley, then a school caretaker, lured them to his home before dumping their bodies in a ditch.

1:09Over the years in prison, he survived multiple assaults, including being scalded and having his throat slashed. An inquest into his death has opened and will resume after Russell's case concludes, while officials investigate how the attack occurred inside the facility. This chapter on one of Britain's most notorious killers now draws to a quiet close.