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Ian Huntley Inquest Opens in Crook After Prison Attack

A post-mortem gave Huntley a provisional cause of death as blunt head injury, while a fellow inmate faces a murder charge in the prison attack.

  • On Tuesday, Senior Coroner Jeremy Chipperfield formally opened an inquest into Ian Huntley's death in Crook, County Durham, immediately suspending proceedings until May 27 due to an active criminal investigation.
  • Huntley, 52, died on March 7, 2026, at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle following a February 26 assault at HMP Frankland where he was struck multiple times with a metal bar.
  • Home Office Pathologist Dr. Jennifer Bolton conducted a post-mortem on March 9, provisionally attributing death to a "blunt head injury," corroborating the inquest account of the metal bar attack.
  • Inmate Anthony Russell, 43, faces a single charge of murder and is scheduled to appear at Newcastle Crown Court on April 24 for a pre-trial preparation hearing.
  • The prisoner was serving a life sentence for the 2002 murders of 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in Soham, a conviction carrying a recommended minimum term of 40 years.
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Manchester Evening News broke the news in Manchester, United Kingdom on Tuesday, April 14, 2026.
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