Monster Ian Huntley was left in a pool of his own blood after he was attacked at HMP Frankland – he was said to be in a vegetative state before his ventilator support was turned off
Ian Huntley, pictured in 2006, died after being attacked in prison(Image: Andy Stenning/Daily Mirror)
Soham murderer Ian Huntley endured his last miserable moments alive hooked to a ventilator and following his death, the killer’s body will be disposed of in secret.
The double child killer was rushed to hospital after he had his head smashed in with a metal pole at HMP Frankland. When prison officers found him, Huntley was lying on the ground in a pool of his own blood.
Doctors later gave him just a five per cent chance of survival and he was placed on a ventilator. His mum, Lynda Richards reportedly made a secret visit to see her son following the attack, driving some 175 miles from her Lincolnshire home.
Huntley, pictured in 2002, attempted to hide in plain sight following the murders(Image: Shutterstock)
She reportedly told friends “part of me hopes he passes away” after seeing his condition, adding she “couldn’t recognise her own son” following the assault last month. The 52-year-old killer, who was serving a life sentence over the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, in 2002, had his ventilator support removed following a consultation with his mum.
Brain examinations revealed the monster was left in a vegetative state. The attack had left him in a medically induced coma and he had been placed on a ventilator.
Huntley murdered Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman(Image: Shutterstock)
“This is it, this is the end of Huntley,” a source told The Sun at the time. “He is effectively dead and, at the best, is drawing his last breaths. No one who has dealt with him is shedding a tear. Even his mother has accepted that this is for the best, having seen him and knowing what a state he is in.”
Huntley was later pronounced dead on March 7. Inmate Anthony Russell, 43, has since been charged with Huntley’s murder.
Russell has been charged with Huntley’s murder (Image: PA)
Huntley’s body is understood to have been scheduled for cremation in a process involving no service or mourners. His ashes were said to be planned to be taken to a secret location after his family members declined a state-funded funeral out of respect for his victim’s families, reports The Sun.
The latest Ministry of Justice guidelines for prisons stipulates: “Prisons must offer to pay a contribution towards reasonable funeral expenses of up to £3,000. The only exceptions to this are where the family has a pre-paid funeral plan or is entitled to claim a grant from other government departments e.g., Department of Work and Pensions.”
