The assault reportedly happened at HMP Frankland in County Durham at round 9am.
Ian Huntley has been significantly injured in jail (Picture: PA Archive/PA Pictures)
The Jail Service has issued a press release following the assault suffered by Ian Huntley in jail on Thursday morning. The Soham assassin is known to have been significantly injured in an ambush launched by one other inmate whereas at HMP Frankland. A Jail Service spokesperson mentioned: “A prisoner is receiving therapy after an incident at HMP Frankland on Thursday morning.
“It will be inappropriate to remark additional whereas police examine.” Police additionally commented on the incident, with a spokesman for Durham Constabulary including: “Police had been alerted to an assault which had taken place inside HMP Frankland in Durham this morning.
“A male prisoner suffered severe accidents through the incident and was transported to hospital. A police investigation is now underneath means into the circumstances of the incident and detectives are liaising with employees on the jail.”
Huntley was reportedly knocked unconscious with a steel pole, The Solar, which first reported the incident, mentioned.
A supply advised the information outlet the wing was positioned on lockdown following the incident as officers responded to the assault.
It’s understood Huntley’s accidents are classed as “severe” and required pressing medical therapy earlier than he was taken from the jail underneath escort.
The previous caretaker killed 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman after they left a household barbecue to purchase sweets in Soham, Cambridgeshire, on August 4 2002, then dumped their our bodies in a ditch.
He’s serving a life sentence with a minimal time period of 40 years in jail for his or her murders.
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