Soham killer Ian Huntley remains in a serious condition after he was attacked by a fellow inmate during a prison workshop at HMP Frankland yesterday morning (February 26)
Armed police are keeping guard over Soham killer Ian Huntley as he fights for his life. The child killer reportedly has “only a 5% chance of survival” after he was allegedly ambushed by an inmate.
Police said earlier that the 52-year-old remained in a serious condition in hospital 24 hours after he was attacked with a spiked metal bar in the workshop of a maximum security jail. According to reports, triple killer Anthony Russell allegedly shouted “I’ve done it, I’ve done it” after Huntley was repeatedly smashed over the head with a spiked metal bar at HMP Frankland, Durham, on Thursday morning.
Now a source to the Sun has spoken of how medical teams worked to save his life after he “clung on”. The publication reported he is now being treated on a hospital ward with armed police standing guard and senior justice officials present.
Speaking to The Sun, the source said: “It is miraculous he is still alive. Medics have worked miracles on him and he has clung on. The prison nurses and staff who first saw him thought he was gone.
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“And medics said there was only a 5% chance of survival after an attack like that. It is still touch and go, and he could get worse. But it is extraordinary that he is still alive. When it first happened, he was totally unresponsive and could not breathe.”
On Friday, Durham Constabulary said: “There has been no change in the 52-year-old man’s condition overnight – he remains in hospital in a serious condition.”
The force declined to identify the suspect but on Thursday it said a man in his mid-40s had been detained in the prison, but he had not yet been arrested.
Former caretaker Huntley killed 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman after they left a family barbecue to buy sweets in Soham, Cambridgeshire, on August 4 2002, then dumped their bodies in a ditch.
Evil Huntley is serving at least 40 years for their murders.