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Huntley death update as inmate accused of murder appears in court
Russell, 44, is accused of attacking Huntley with a metal bar in a jail workshop, and the victim died in hospital 10 days later.
- On Wednesday, Anthony Russell appeared at Newcastle Crown Court via videolink from HMP Frankland to face murder charges in the death of Ian Huntley, with Mr Justice Hilliard setting a trial date for November 23.
- Russell, 44, is charged with murdering the 52-year-old inmate following an alleged attack with a metal bar in a workshop at HMP Frankland on February 26; Huntley died on March 7.
- Huntley was serving a life sentence for the 2002 murders of 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in Soham, Cambridgeshire, and was convicted in 2003 with a 40-year minimum term.
- A further pre-trial hearing is scheduled for July 3, with Russell appearing in a brown T-shirt and declining to enter a plea during Wednesday's brief court appearance.
- Huntley died at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle after nine days in hospital, with legal proceedings now addressing the alleged workshop incident at the maximum security prison near Durham.
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