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An inmate was charged with murder today after Soham killer Ian Huntley died in hospital following an attack in the workshop of a maximum security prison.
Anthony Russell, 43, was charged following the assault at HMP Frankland in Durham on February 26.
He will appear via videolink at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court tomorrow.
Huntley died on March 7 aged 52.
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