Inside Maxine Carr’s wedding ceremony after Huntley horrors ‘at fancy resort with new £2m id’
Maxine Carr was given a new identity after she was released from prison in 2004, following her conviction for perverting the course of justice in the Soham murders case
Maxine Carr became entangled in a toxic relationship with Huntley(Image: Getty Images)
The woman who nearly allowed Ian Huntley to escape justice now leads a completely ordinary life, enjoying a covert identity funded by the taxpayer.
Maxine Carr became entangled in a toxic relationship with Huntley, the man who slaughtered two young girls in the house they occupied together. Rather than revealing the truth about her actual location on that devastating summer day in 2002, she provided her partner with a fabricated alibi, obstructing the police inquiry and ultimately inflicting additional torment on the families of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.
She tried to shield Huntley by insisting she was at home in Soham when she was actually in Grimsby visiting her mother. Holly and Jessica, both aged 10, had departed a family barbecue to purchase sweets when they vanished without trace, only to be heartbreakingly found dead 13 days later.
Huntley was convicted of murder and handed two life sentences, with a minimum term of 40 years behind bars. Carr received three-and-a-half years for perverting the course of justice.
After serving half her sentence, she was freed and given a fresh identity, reports the Mirror.
Whilst Huntley allegedly spent his remaining years in prison oscillating between an arrogant ‘swagger’ and cowering in his cell, petrified of being poisoned before ultimately perishing following a vicious prison assault, Carr has reconstructed her existence. The taxpayer cost for safeguarding her is reported to have exceeded the £2m threshold.
She was released from Foston Hall prison in Derbyshire in May 2004. During the following two years, Carr was moved to more than 10 different safe houses for her protection, and in 2011, reports surfaced that she had given birth to her first child – a baby boy – whilst residing in a secure location.
By 2012, she was believed to have entered into a serious relationship with a partner who was aware of her troubling past and was reportedly ‘absolutely besotted’ with her.
It’s reported that Carr became engaged in 2008, to someone friends characterise as a ‘nice man from a decent family’, according to the Daily Mail. It’s also alleged that he was completely informed about her history and ‘accepts’ it.
A source informed the newspaper: “They just like doing normal things together like going for walks in the countryside.”
When the proposal occurred, the couple were maintaining a long-distance relationship, reportedly residing more than 60 miles apart. “It has grown stronger despite the fact that they live apart and have to make long journeys to see each other. They both have full-time jobs but manage to make the relationship work,” a source revealed at the time.
In 2014, reports surfaced in The Sun that Carr had tied the knot at a luxury hotel. It remains unclear whether her husband is the same individual she became engaged to six years prior.
That same year, it’s understood she was living in a coastal town. The Channel 5 true crime drama – entitled Maxine – depicts her residing by the seaside, with someone shouting her name, claiming they recognised her.
Officials cannot reveal the town’s name due to the permanent anonymity order granted to Carr by the High Court over a decade ago. Carr supposedly wed her husband in a clandestine ceremony with all the trimmings. According to the Mail, the pair said their vows at a secret hotel location, with the bride wearing a £2,000 ivory dress.
She is reported to have spent the morning having her hair and makeup styled before her mother walked her down the aisle.
The duo allegedly pledged their love before a registrar prior to signing a marriage certificate and celebrating with relatives. Attendees are said to have savoured a three-course wedding meal and enjoyed £10 bottles of bubbly before the happy couple departed to a family-friendly resort for their honeymoon.
The revelation is believed to have been a devastating blow for the heartbroken mothers of Holly and Jessica, who were robbed of the opportunity to witness their daughters build their own futures. “The families of Holly and Jessica will never get to see their daughters marry,” an insider revealed to the newspaper. “They will never get to enjoy their big day. They have nothing to look forward to. Why should she?”
The web of deception that Huntley’s partner wove following the murders made her the most despised woman in Britain. Carr informed the court she was unaware her fiancé had killed the girls, yet was discovered to have scrubbed their home of evidence, with officers observing the property had been ‘meticulously cleaned’ after an initial inspection.
