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Ian Huntley Set to Be Moved to Ashworth Hospital if He Recovers
Ian Huntley was struck multiple times with a metal bar in a prison workshop and remains in serious condition with a 5% chance of survival, police said.
- On Thursday, February 26, Ian Huntley, 52, convicted of the Soham murders, was assaulted at HMP Frankland, maximum-security prison in County Durham, and taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary , Newcastle; police confirmed on March 5 he remains in serious condition.
- Reports named fellow inmate Anthony Russell, a triple murderer jailed in 2022, as Huntley's alleged attacker while the suspect remains detained but not arrested.
- Medics say the attack left Huntley unresponsive and required an induced coma after he was struck multiple times with a metal bar, given a five per cent chance of survival, and stabilised by a paramedic and doctor who flew to Frankland before his road transfer.
- Insiders say Huntley will not return to Frankland because his injuries are so severe, and two armed officers guard him at the hospital; reports suggest he could be moved to Ashworth Secure Hospital if he recovers.
- Huntley was convicted in 2003 for the Soham murders and has survived attacks at HMP Wakefield and HMP Frankland, raising security concerns.
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