Ian Huntley will be treated as a VIP prisoner should he ever make a full recovery and leave hospital, it has been claimed.
The child killer will be smuggled out of hospital and taken to a top secret prison wing, as bosses battle to keep him safe. Prison chiefs fear Huntley will be Britain’s most wanted prisoner, with more attempts made on his life than ever, should he make it through the latest brutal attack.
The notorious child murderer, 52, was “ripped apart like a rat” by another inmate at HMP Frankland in County Durham before being airlifted to hospital, where he remains in Intensive Care with just a 5% chance of survival
But now it has been claimed by prison insiders that a super plan of action is being drawn up should he make a miraculous recovery which will see him never return to Monster Mansion – and only a select few will be made privy to it. A source told the Daily Star: “The fact of the matter is, the prison service have a duty of care to Huntley – no matter what the view is on what he did to those girls.
“So if he makes it out – and that is a slim chance right now – but if he does, they are going to have to put extra measures in place to keep him safe. It is generally believed that if he survives this attempt on his life, the price on his head will be higher than ever. Everyone will want to be the one that eventually finishes the job and takes Huntley out. The respect that will bring someone will be more tempting than ever.
“Risk assessments are regularly done with high profile prisoners, and Huntley was no different, but you can’t control what happens all of the time. The level of security will need to be higher than ever. That means more guards, round the clock protection and essentially, that all costs money.”
The insider revealed plans are being drawn up as to how best to make this happen with ideas being discussed now about forming a select super team to take care of Huntley.
“It is highly unlikely he will be taken back to Frankland after all this,” they revealed. “They can’t really, he won’t last a day. The media speculation around him, plus the other inmates mean he simply won’t be safe.
“Instead they will secretly take him from the hospital and essentially hide him forever. He will be taken to another prison, on another high security quiet wing, with guards with him whenever he leaves.
“They have to keep him as safe as they can, and there is talk of keeping the circle caring for Huntley as small as possible in a bid to stop leaks. But this is all in the case of him making it out alive, and that seems like a slim chance at the moment.”
Huntley, one Britain’s most notorious child killers, has had a target on his back since he was convicted of the 2002 murders of 10-year-old girls Jessica Chapman Holly Wells. He’s survived getting his throat slit – twice – and getting covered in boiling water while serving his life sentence, but on February 26 received the most brutal attempt on his life yet.
“The fact he keeps surviving just makes him a bigger target,” the insider added. It has been reported that Huntley was placed in an induced coma following the attack last week which saw him battered with a metal pole.
Speaking to The Sun, one source claimed that medical personnel believed he was dead when they first encountered him. They added: “The prison nurses and staff who first saw him thought he was gone. And medics said there was only a five per cent chance of survival after an attack like that.
“It is extraordinary that he is still alive. When it first happened, he was totally unresponsive and could not breathe.”
Anthony Russell, is believed to have carried out the attack, following a brief argument between the two men. The lag is a triple murderer, currently serving a whole life sentence with no chance of parole.
Russell is believed to have screamed out: “I’ve done it! I’ve done it! I’ve killed him! I’ve killed him!” as officials closed in around him.
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