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Anthony Russell, a 43-year-old prisoner, has made his initial appearance in Crown Court after being charged with the murder of Ian Huntley, the convicted Soham killer. Russell attended the hearing remotely via video link from HMP Frankland at Teeside Crown Court on Thursday. During this first court session, he was not required to enter a plea but was informed that a pre-trial preparation hearing is scheduled for 24 April at Newcastle Crown Court.
Ian Huntley, aged 52, was attacked in prison on 26 February and subsequently taken to hospital, where he died nine days later. Huntley had been serving a life sentence for the 2002 murders of two 10-year-old girls, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman. At the brief hearing, which lasted around 10 minutes before Judge Francis Laird KC, Russell only confirmed his name and date of birth. The forthcoming trial is expected to last up to five days.
The Ministry of Justice commented on the case, emphasizing the gravity of Huntley’s crimes and their impact on the nation, stating that the murders “remain one of the most shocking and devastating cases in our nation’s history” and extending sympathies to the victims’ families. It was also noted that the February attack was not the first time Huntley had been targeted within the prison system.
In fact, Huntley had previously suffered violent attacks while incarcerated. In 2005, an inmate assaulted him by pouring boiling water over him at HMP Wakefield in West Yorkshire. Later, in 2010, he was slashed across the throat at HMP Frankland and required 21 stitches as a result. Huntley had been serving his life sentence at HMP Frankland at the time of the fatal attack
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