Ian Huntley died within the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle on March 7.
Ian Huntley died in March (Picture: Shutterstock)
An inquest listening to into the loss of life of Soham killer Ian Huntley will comply with prison proceedings after a fellow inmate was charged with homicide, a coroner has stated. The 52-year-old died within the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle on March 7 after he was struck with a steel bar at HMP Frankland in Durham on February 26, a earlier inquest listening to was informed.
The County Durham and Darlington Coroner Jeremy Chipperfield held a quick listening to in Criminal on Might 27 to search out out about progress within the case. Listed beneath the identify Ian Kevin Huntley, the listening to lasted lower than 5 minutes. Coroner’s officer Bradley King stated Durham Police had knowledgeable him {that a} defendant will seem in courtroom on June 3 for a plea and trial preparation listening to.
Mr King stated extra could be recognized a couple of potential trial date following that listening to.
The coroner adjourned the inquest till September 15, when one other point out listening to will probably be held.
Mr Chipperfield stated the regulation required him to droop his investigation as soon as a coroner turned conscious that somebody has been charged with homicide.
Huntley died from a blunt head harm, a autopsy examination revealed.
Anthony Russell, 43, has been charged with murdering Huntley on the most safety jail.
Soham Killer Ian Huntley outdoors Wakefield Jail in September 2006 (Picture: Andy Stenning/Each day Mirror)
Huntley was serving a life sentence for the 2002 murders of 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.
The ex-school caretaker killed the very best mates after they left a household barbecue to purchase sweets in Soham, Cambridgeshire, on August 4, 2002.
He dumped their our bodies in a ditch 10 miles away.
They weren’t discovered for 13 days, regardless of a search involving tons of of police.
He denied murdering the ladies however was convicted after a trial on the Previous Bailey in 2003. He was jailed for all times with a beneficial minimal time period of 40 years.
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