Just weeks before being brutally attacked in prison, Soham sicko Ian Huntley had reportedly told his friends and family he was waiting to be struck as investigations continue
Ian Huntley hauntingly predicted being attacked and being left to fight for his life in hospital. It comes as police continue their investigations into the incident, with Huntley still recovering from his serious injuries.
Soham double murderer Ian, who is now 52, was left in a pool of his own blood after reportedly being struck with a spiked metal bar on Thursday (February 26). He was rushed to hospital later that morning, while a prisoner in his mid-40s has been held on suspicion of causing the attack, but has not been arrested yet.
In a chilling foreshadowing of what would happen to him, Ian is reported to have told his friends and family he knew he would be targeted in prison. This is now the third time prisoners have attempted to kill the “vulnerable” jailbird.
According to the Sun, Ian had admitted he knew he was a target for prison lags at HMP Frankland in County Durham. He had already been struck on two separate occasions; once after boiling water was poured on him at HMP Wakefield in 2005, and then an inmate slashed his throat at HMP Wakefield in late 2010.
But in a recent chat with prison staff, Ian — who is serving a life sentence for the murder of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2003 — was told they had received multiple threats to his life. Other inmates also considered associating with him to be social suicide inside jail and thus left him as an outcast.
Now, it has been revealed that he knew that he would be unlikely to make it past the next attack. Writing in a letter, Ian had allegedly told his friends and family: “I might not survive the next attack, and maybe it would be better if I was not here.”
Eyewitnesses to Huntley after the attack believed that the murderer was dead as he was left with split head lying in a pool of his own blood. It is believed 43-year-old serial killer Anthony Russell struck him with the metal pole at a recycling workshop, but these claims have not been confirmed by the Prison Service.
In a miraculous turn of events, Ian was showing slow signs of recovery in hospital after being brought to a nearby emergency department in an induced coma. Sources close to the Soham sicko said: “If he wakes up in hospital, Huntley will know he was extremely lucky to survive.
“But he knew this attack was coming — if not from Russell, then from someone else.” The insider continued. “Huntley knew he was hated and that five or six inmates wanted him dead; some openly said that if they were left alone with him, they would kill him.”
The source said that this was not just a short-term gripe that had escalated, but instead claimed was something much more thought out. They added that Huntley was afraid to tell prison staff about what he was fearing, but relied on them to keep him safe.
“He was worried before the attack that the protection he had been receiving had been diminished recently,” the source ended. “There will be questions asked about what officers were doing when this happened.”
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