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Ian Huntley's inquest is suspended due to criminal proceedings as new date set
Senior Coroner Jeremy Chipperfield said the inquest must wait while Anthony Russell faces a murder charge over the prison assault.
- On Wednesday, Senior Coroner Jeremy Chipperfield suspended the inquest into Soham killer Ian Huntley's prison death at County Durham and Darlington Coroner's Court in Crook, citing legal requirements mandating suspension once someone is charged with murder.
- The 52-year-old was struck multiple times with a metal bar at HMP Frankland in County Durham on February 26 and died nine days later at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary from blunt head injury, according to post-mortem examination.
- Fellow inmate Anthony Russell, 43, has been charged with a single offence of murder and is scheduled to appear at Newcastle Crown Court on Wednesday, June 3 for plea and trial preparation, coroners officer Bradley King confirmed.
- The inquest reconvenes on Tuesday, September 15 for another mention hearing, with coroners officer King noting that more details about a potential trial date would emerge following Russell's June 3 court appearance.
- Huntley had been serving a life sentence with a 40-year minimum for murdering 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in Soham, Cambridgeshire, in August 2002; he was convicted at the Old Bailey in 2003 after initially denying the killings.
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The Independent (US)Soham killer Ian Huntley’s inquest delayed as fellow inmate is charged with murder
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