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The Sun
4 days ago
- The Sun
Evil Ian Huntley mercilessly mocked by fellow lags as he's forced to move cells after sick victim taunts
DOUBLE child killer Ian Huntley is being taunted in jail over his red Manchester United-style top being seized by warders — with fellow lags chanting: 'Huntley, Huntley, where's your shirt?' Guards turned over the fiend's cell after we revealed that he was wearing the shirt with a No10 on the back, an apparent sick reference to his victims' ages. 3 Best pals Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were wearing Man United tops in the last-known picture of them taken on the day Huntley lured them to his home and killed them. Jail staff also took framed photos of Huntley, 51, and his ex Maxine Carr, 48, who gave him a bogus alibi after the murders in Soham, Cambs, in August, 2002. As further punishment the killer — who is serving at least 40 years — was moved to a cell in the middle of a landing where he is more exposed to other inmates at high-security HMP Frankland, Co Durham. A source said: 'He's no longer in a cell beside a guards' office at the end of a corridor so inmates can now shout up at his window as they pass. 'They've given him merry hell since the story, yelling, 'Huntley where's your shirt?' in football chant style. "They're shouting insults and calling him 'sicko' and stuff. They've also mocked him about losing the Carr pictures. Huntley's livid. He's been going up the wall. 'The story's made the prison bosses realise that they have to treat him the same as everyone else and not give him special treatment. "Other inmates think it's about time that happened and are laughing at him.' Huntley is serving his sentence in the Category A nick alongside terrorists and killers including ex-cop Wayne Couzens and Levi Bellfield. A Prison Service spokesman said: 'We can't comment on individuals.' 3
The Sun
22-07-2025
- The Sun
Lucy Letby moans ‘I'm the fattest I've EVER been' after splurging prison job cash on junk food & chocolate, inmates say
SERIAL child killer Lucy Letby has moaned that she's getting too fat in prison after spending more than £50 on crisps and sweets. The former nurse devours junk food and Quality Street chocolates paid for by working three different prison jobs inside HMP Bronzefield. 2 Britain's most prolific child killer is serving 15 whole-life orders. The 35-year-old from Herefordshire was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill seven others while working at the Countess of Chester in 2015 and 2016. One fellow inmate complained to the Mirror that Letby's behaviour is annoying other lags - and she cries to win sympathy from guards. They said that staff are scared of the nurse so "pander" to her and treat her like "a princess". The killer has jobs as a laundry worker, earning £8 a week, a kitchen worker - another £8 a week - and a library worker. A source told the Mirror: "She gets almost £20 a week, which in prison money is a lot. She buys loads, and loads of junk food. She's put on loads of weight, she's got quite fat, you wouldn't recognise her. It's all put on around her face. "She was moaning that she's the fattest she's ever been. She weighs 72 kilos [almost 11 stone 5oz] - she's not fat, but fat for her, you know as she was really, really skinny." It comes after The Sun reported Letby and the stepmother of murdered Sara Sharif have bonded in prison over family card game Uno. Letby and Beinash Batool — who is serving 33 years over ten-year-old Sara's death — spend hours playing the game in their cushy jail unit. The child killers — both inmates with 'enhanced' privileges at HMP Bronzefield, Surrey — also spend time in each other's cells and in the kitchen together. But their love of the Uno game, which sees players try to match cards and yell 'Uno' when they have just one left, has sparked fury among staff and lags. Our source said: 'It's a grim spectacle. They spend ages at the table playing and get really into it. 'People are angry, but staff have to do what they can to keep prisoners happy. 'Letby and Batool started sticking together and have now become quite friendly. 'They are both enhanced prisoners, so they get a lot of freedom and can buy decent food. And they are often in the kitchen, chatting and making cheese toasties. 'The difference between them is that Batool does not discuss her crime, while Letby tells anyone who will listen that she is innocent. 'They both have jobs, with Letby doing cleaning and Batool helping in the library. 'They are also monitored closely by staff as they are at risk of attack. But their lives will stay quite comfortable as long as they behave.' Letby, 35, and Batool, 31, are held on Unit 4 of 527-inmate Bronzefield, which is run by private firm Sodexo. They both have TVs with Freeview channels and a DVD player, along with books and films, which they can order from the library. Others on the unit include Sian Hedges, jailed for life in 2024 for killing 18-month-old son Alfie Phillips. Shamed prison officer Linda de Sousa Abreu, who romped with a lag, was also held there until her release last month. Letby — convicted of the murders of seven babies and attempted murders of seven more while a neonatal nurse — has regular legal meetings as she plans her appeal. Sara's dad, Urfan Sharif, is serving at least 40 years for murder after she was beaten to death at the couple's home in Woking, Surrey.
The Sun
19-07-2025
- The Sun
Vile Ian Huntley moans he's ‘being picked on' as prison officers ‘turn over' his cell after sick taunt about his victims
SOHAM child killer Ian Huntley has had his red Manchester United-style shirt seized by jail bosses — after The Sun revealed he was strutting around in it. Officers stormed into his cell and confiscated the top, which has a white No 10 on the back in an apparent sick reference to his schoolgirl victims. 5 5 We told yesterday how lags had complained about the top — similar to ones worn by ten-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman on the day he murdered them in 2002. Guards also seized framed pictures of Huntley with ex Maxine Carr plus other items including DVDs. And source said: 'They turned over Huntley's cell and confiscated the shirt. "He won't be getting it back and has been warned about his vile behaviour. 'The raid was a proper one. They went through all his belongings. 'People had also complained about the Maxine Carr pictures being inappropriate. "It was like he was revelling in what happened. 'Huntley was moaning that he was being picked on and treated unfairly. 'But neither the staff or other inmates had any sympathy and are pleased he can no longer taunt his victims and others by wearing the shirt. "It is about time he was treated a bit more harshly in jail.' Sources said Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood had been made aware of Huntley's shirt — and was happy bosses had now seized it. Cons at Co Durham's HMP Frankland, where Huntley is serving two life sentences with a 40-year minimum term, had complained he was 'strutting about' in the top. Pals Holly and Jessica were wearing matching Man Utd shirts when they were snatched and killed by school caretaker Huntley in a crime that horrified Britain and which Carr helped him to cover up. A snap of Holly and Jessica in Man Utd shirts – taken on the day Huntley lured them into his house – was the last haunting image of them. Huntley, now 51, is believed to have ordered the plain red sports top, with a white number on the back, from Sports Direct. Prisoners are barred from wearing replica shirts of teams as they can cause conflict. But sources said Huntley had made his top as close to a Man Utd one as he could. One told The Sun: 'Prisoners saw him wearing it when he was being taken to the gym. They shouted that he was a sick b***ard. But he just gave them a thumbs-up.' The Prison Service said: 'We cannot comment on individuals.' 5
The Sun
18-07-2025
- The Sun
From sick photos in cell & games of chess to warlord pal & surprising job – inside monster Ian Huntley's life in prison
CHILD killer Ian Huntley 'struts about' and enjoys a string of hobbies in his high-security jail, loathed by fellow inmates. Lags say the killer 'revels' in the heinous murders of schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, who he snatched and killed in 2002. 12 12 The 'sick b*****d' has been spotted shamelessly wearing a Manchester United -style No10 shirt - in an apparent sick reference to his ten-year-old victims, who were both wearing the footie tops when he murdered them. And his fellow inmates - who include warlords and paedos - are incensed that he's allowed to keep framed pictures of himself with ex Maxine Carr in his cell. Carr, 47, served 21 months for perverting the course of justice – after giving Huntley a false alibi - and now lives under a new identity. Our source added: 'It is so wrong what he gets away with. Loads of people have been in his cell and seen the pictures. It is vile and like he is revelling in what happened back then. 'He should not be allowed to keep them either, especially as there is a no-contact order between him and Carr. 'But staff have to do their best to keep the peace and keep people like Huntley happy. However that means it comes across like he is treated with kid gloves.' The monster spends his time at Frankland playing chess, going to the gym and mixing with pals. Huntley lives a "gilded" life in jail - with other lags claiming he gets special treatment due to his notoriety. The fiend is held on Frankland's A-wing - housing vulnerable lags - in a cell close to a staff office. It is also near a lounge with a flat-screen TV, where Huntely spends time and mixes with other fiends including ex-cop Wayne Couzens, morgue moster David Fuller and serial killer Stephen Port. Among his closest pals is warlord ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor - jailed for crimes against humanity over atrocities in the Sierra Leone civil war - and Huntley often turns to the warlord for advice. Huntley works in a recycling centre and as a wing barber. Other inmates have complained that Huntley gets to use the gym, health unit and phones alone as guards clear out cons who might assault him. Huntley has been attacked at least three times in jail. He was punched in the face in Belmarsh, London in 2004, had boiling water hurled at him in Wakefield, West Yorks in 2005 and had his throat slashed in Frankland in 2010. We told in 2019 how he was investigated by jail bosses over his friendship with a transgender lag called Luna. Other inmates referred to the transitioning con as Huntley's 'girlfriend' after they became pals. 'Gilded existence' A source said: "Huntley lives the life of Riley inside, and has quite a gilded existence. He knows he is unlikely to ever get out so makes the most of his time in there. "It is hard to see that he is being punished. He has a cell with TV, DvD player and an Xbox and is right next to a lounge and an office. 12 "That means that no-one can go into his cell without the guards knowing and that if Huntley needs them he just has to shout. "They go to some effort to keep him safe, as he is at such a high risk of attack." The Sun revealed leaked prison tapes in 2018 which featured Huntley begging for forgiveness for the murders. In the recordings, he said: 'I think about them every day. I am so terribly, terribly sorry for what I have done. 'I know the people of Soham took me into their community, they trusted me, gave me a job and a home, and I betrayed them in the worst possible way. 'And I am sorry for what I have done, sorry for the pain I have caused to the families and friends of Holly and Jessica, for the pain I have caused my family and friends, and for the pain I have caused the community of Soham.' But - far from showing remorse - Huntley has been spotted 'strutting about' in a plain red sports top with No10 on the back, which he is thought to have ordered from Sports Direct. A picture of Holly and Jessica wearing matching Man Utd tops with David Beckham 's name and No7 was the last haunting image of the school friends. We are not publishing that picture after previous requests to the media from Holly and Jessica's families not to do so. Prisoners are barred from wearing replica shirts of teams they follow in jails, as they can cause conflict. 'Sick reference' But a source said: 'He has made it as close to a Man U top as he can — and it is sick. It is vile that it has a huge white number 10 on the back. 'Everyone thinks he is doing it to satisfy his own sick mind, rather than for football reasons. He started wearing it when it became hot enough this year and is often seen in it when he walks to the gym or to healthcare.' Huntley is always escorted by guards because he is so high-risk. The source added: 'But that makes him even more cocky and brazen. He has been seen strutting about in the shirt as if he thinks it's funny. 'Prisoners on another wing saw him recently while he was being taken to the gym — and shouted that he was a sick b*****d. By Michael Hamilton KILLER Ian Huntley is housed with other murderers and terrorists in a jail dubbed 'Monster Mansion'. HMP Frankland holds Milly Dowler's killer Levi Bellfield and ex-police officer Wayne Couzens, who murdered Sarah Everard. Grindr killer Stephen Port, morgue monster David Fuller and Mark Dixie, who murdered Sally-Ann Bowman, are all serving time at the Category A jail. Frankland, in Co Durham, also houses terrorists including Lee Rigby's killer Michael Adebolajo and Nazi nail-bomber David Copeland. Manchester Arena plotter Hashem Abedi stabbed and scalded three prison officers in a kitchen there in April. He has since moved. 'But he just gave a thumbs-up to them. He has also stopped outside and turned his back to people so they can see the number. Other prisoners are really angry about it and a lot of them would like to get their hands on him and mete out a bit of justice. 'One prisoner said they thought it was disgusting he was wearing it and he replied: 'Yeah, and what of it?' 'Officers also do not like it and quite a few have said it's wrong and he should have it taken off him. But staff are powerless to stop him as it's not an actual football shirt and he hasn't broken any rules. However it is just wrong. 'Huntley is not even a football fan really. The Number 10 is especially offensive and seems a sick reference to the girls.' Holly and Jessica had left a family barbecue to buy sweets when grabbed by Huntley. They stopped to speak to Huntley, who was living with their teaching assistant Maxine Carr, outside the house they shared. He lured them in and murdered them. Their bodies were found 13 days later six miles from the Cambridgeshire village of Soham. They had been dumped in a ditch near RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk. The shirts were found burned and dumped in a bin. Huntley, who has never shown remorse, denied the murders and put the girls' families through a harrowing six-week trial at the Old Bailey. The fiend claimed in court that Holly suffered a nose bleed and fell into a bath, banging her head and drowning. He said Jessica screamed so he put his hand over her mouth until she stopped. The Prison Service said: 'We do not comment on individuals.'
Times
13-07-2025
- Times
Notorious Govan double child-killer released in southern England
One of Scotland's most notorious double child-killers has been released after being locked up for nearly 50 years. Alexander Millar, 78, bludgeoned a young brother and sister to death with a hammer during a botched robbery in 1976. Millar was considered so dangerous that he was held for 49 years in a string of secure mental health facilities including the State Hospital at Carstairs, but has been deemed fit for release following a mental health tribunal in England. The tribunals are held every year or so to review the detention of people in secure psychiatric care who are legally classed as patients, rather than prisoners. After previous hearings that ruled Millar must not be released on the grounds of public safety, a tribunal has granted his discharge. Relatives of his victims have spoken of their 'extreme distress' at his release. Millar, then 29, tied up his two young victims, John, 13, and Irene McMonigle, 12, gagged them and beat them to death after breaking into their house in Glasgow's Govan in January 1976 to steal the family's television. He also indecently assaulted Irene. The children were discovered by their younger sister Liz and father, John Sr, who had left their Govan tenement for just a few minutes to take some belongings to a nearby house into which they were moving. Liz, 58, who moved to the north of England several years ago, said: 'He is an animal and it repulses and sickens me that he has been freed. 'We have no right to know where he is, or even if he is alive or dead. I retain to this day a fear and dread that he will somehow come after me, no matter how unlikely it may seem. The anxiety and extreme distress this brings cannot easily be put into words. We will never get over what he did. 'He is an absolute animal and the injuries he inflicted on a little boy and girl, my beloved brother and sister, were the worst you could imagine. Two beautiful souls were taken from us in the most unimaginable way. What I saw all those years ago haunts me every single day. It will live with me for ever. He is the worst of the worst. 'He brought so much misery to so many people's lives, including my late father, John, who is dearly missed to this day.' At the High Court in May 1976, Millar was ordered to be detained without limit of time. He was charged with murder but admitted culpable homicide on the grounds of diminished responsibility. Lord Justice Wheatley described his crimes as 'most terrible'. Millar spent almost 30 years in the State Hospital at Carstairs before being transferred to a secure psychiatric unit in Ayrshire, where he was held for about 15 years. He was pictured attending a community gardening scheme in Ayr in 2012 as part of attempts to reintegrate him into society but was subsequently denied repeated appeals on the grounds that he remained dangerous. He was moved to a secure unit in England in 2022 in a move that the McMonigle family always feared could pave the way for his release into the community. Such cross-border transfers can be used as part of a pathway for release, and a source close to the case said: 'Being released in Scotland might not have been practical as his crimes are remembered to this day, particularly by people who were part of the close-knit community in Govan at the time.' It is understood that Millar was released several months ago, and news of this has only now come to light. His location has not been disclosed although he is understood to be in the south of England. A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice said: 'This decision was made by the independent First-tier Tribunal (Mental Health) in accordance with legal tests for discharging mentally disordered offenders under the Mental Health Act 1983. We cannot comment on decisions made by the independent judiciary.' A spokeswoman for the judiciary of England and Wales said: 'We cannot comment on individual cases.'
