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Prisoner 'identified' as suspect in Ian Huntley attack
Ian Huntley was seriously injured after being struck with a metal bar in a prison workshop; a mid-40s prisoner is the identified suspect, police said.
- Ian Huntley, the 52-year-old prisoner, was assaulted in a workshop at HMP Frankland on Thursday morning and taken to hospital after suffering head injuries from a metal bar.
- Since his 2002 conviction, Huntley's notoriety has shaped prisoner attitudes, and he had been kept under close observation after repeated assault attempts at Frankland prison.
- Specialist forensic teams examined the workshop throughout the day at HMP Frankland, while two ambulance crews and support from the Great North Air Ambulance Service were dispatched, a police spokesperson said.
- Police have identified a suspect, a male prisoner in his mid-40s who remains in detention but has not been arrested, Durham Police said as detectives investigate the incident.
- This is not the first time Huntley has been attacked in prison; robber Damien Fowkes inflicted a severe neck cut requiring 21 stitches in 2010 at HMP Frankland, which houses high-profile offenders.
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