Soham murderer Ian Huntley sent his last note on February 18 which revealed he was having a tough time behind bars and hinted at fears he was about to be targeted in prison
Hours after Huntley was given a 5% survival chance he was confirmed dead(Image: Daily Mirror)
Ian Huntley sent a final Âletter to a femal pen pal just eight days before he was brutally attacked in prison last week.
The 52-year-old was serving a life sentence, with a minimum term of 40 years, for murdering Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, both ten at the time. They left a family barbecue to buy sweets in Soham, Cambridgeshire, on August 4, 2002 never to be seen alive by their loved ones again.
Huntley sent his last note on February 18 which hinted that he was having a tough time behind bars and hinted at fears he was about to be targeted in prison. Huntley told the female penpal âIâve had a lot to deal with latelyâ.
Ianâs death was confirmed on Saturday March 7(Image: Unknown)
In his letter, Huntley â prisoner A5274AE â begins by saying: âSorry for not writing sooner but Iâve had a lot to deal with lately. I hate writing letters at the best of times.â
As reported by The Sun the paranoid killer goes on to say: âIâve had to do some thinking. For your safety Iâve decided to discard everything youâve sent and not proceed with having you cleared for calls and visits.â He tells the woman, who started writing to him in October last year and sent him a Christmas card: âYouâre a lovely person and I donât want you placed in harmâs way due to your affiliation with me.â
Huntley ends: âBelieve me when I say I have given this a great deal of thought and firmly believe it to be for the best. I hope all is well your end. Best wishes Ian.â
The identity of the woman has not been revealed.
A man who met Huntley inside Frankland claims inmates had long vied for the notoriety of being the one to attack him.(Image: PA Archive/PA Images)
The Soham murderer was rushed to hospital last Thursday after a fellow inmate allegedly bludgeoned his head with a metal pole. Huntley was initally assumed dead when prison officers found him lying on the ground in a pool of blood at HMP Frankland, otherwise known as âMonster Mansionâ.
The child killer sustained severe injuries â including skull fractures, brain damage and a broken jaw. His grim final days were spent in a medically induced coma, with a ventilator to help him breathe. His mother Lynda Richards, who snuck in to visit her dying son, apparently couldnât recognise Huntley after the attack.
Ministry of Justice confirmed Huntley died on Saturday morning (March 7), after Huntleyâs mum Lynda, 71, agreed to let medics withdraw life support.
His girlfriend, Maxine Carr â the girlsâ teaching assistant â had knowingly provided Huntley with a false alibi.(Image: PA)
It wasnât the first time Huntley was attacked in prison. Previous attempts have been made to harm at Huntley, including in September 2005, when the killer was scalded with boiling water whilst detained at HMP Wakefield in Yorkshire. Five years later, in 2010, Huntley was rushed to the University Hospital of North Durham after suffering a slash wound to the throat from a makeshift weapon.
