He then speculated Huntley's defence counsel may try and argue that he had been confused, commenting: "In that case, they would have to consider [Huntley's] behaviour over the fortnight between the girls' disappearance and their bodies being found. [82], In a reference to Huntley's claims both girls' deaths had been accidental, Latham stated that "only one person knows what happened" after the friends entered his home. [238] Further criticism was directed at the force for their initial failure to scrutinise Carr's claims to have been in Soham on the date of the children's disappearance. [136], On 1 December, Huntley testified before the court in his defence. It was introduced as a law of the country after the popular Soham Murder case. (CRB) check which was initially introduced in 2002 in order to check the background of people working with children or vulnerable . Therefore, in this ruthless man's mind, both girls had to die in his own selfish self-interest." He was regarded as a loner, an oddball and an attention seeker by his peers, and became a target for bullies. Minutes after their daughter's 8:30p.m. curfew had expired, Nicola Wells phoned the Chapman residence to ask if the girls were there, only to learn Leslie and Sharon Chapman were worried that their youngest daughter had not returned home. "[28], Suspecting the children had been kidnapped, investigators questioned every registered sex offender in Cambridgeshire and neighbouring Lincolnshire. The victims were two 10-year-old girls, Holly Marie Wells and Jessica Aimee Chapman, who were lured into the home of a local resident and school caretaker, Ian Kevin Huntley,[1] who subsequently murdered the childrenlikely via asphyxiationbefore disposing of their bodies in an irrigation ditch close to RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk. He applied for and secured employment as a senior caretaker at this secondary school in September 2001, supervising the work of four other employees. [14] Pathological evidence retrieved from the bodies indicating at least one of the girls had been subjected to a sexual assault either before or after her murder was not disclosed to the jury at Huntley's trial. The Soham murders were a double child murder committed in Soham, Cambridgeshire, England on 4 August 2002.The victims were two 10-year-old girls, Holly Marie Wells and Jessica Aimee Chapman, who were lured into the home of a local resident and school caretaker, Ian Kevin Huntley, who subsequently murdered the childrenlikely via asphyxiationbefore disposing of their bodies in an . [174], In April 1998, Huntley was arrested on suspicion of raping an 18-year-old woman. [171] This complainant stated Huntley had threatened to kill her before assaulting her. His police checks form first went to the Cambridgeshire force - they checked the police national computer under the name Nixon but they failed to check under Huntley - which would have thrown. [37] Other family members and friends of both girls also appealed via the media for the safe return of the children. "[21], Concluding his questioning, Hubbard cautioned the jury not to succumb to the temptation of judging Carr's morality, but to consider her state of mind prior to her arrest when considering whether the lies she had told warranted any criminal liability, stating she had "done no wrong" on the date of the children's murder, and had not returned to Soham until 6 August. Several of Carr's former partners would later inform reporters they found her to be an. [187], The marriage between Capp's parents was marred by frequent arguments. It s is especially important when a job requires the applicant to be in a position of trust around children or vulnerable adults. [5][6], At 11:45a.m. on Sunday, 4 August 2002, Jessica Chapman left her home in Brook Street, Soham, to attend a barbecue at the home of her best friend, Holly Wells, in nearby Redhouse Gardens. "[214], In the years since his incarceration, Huntley has been repeatedly attacked by other inmates. He was reportedly awarded 2,500 in legal aid to pursue this claim. [10] Coroner David Morris testified the bodies of both girls were partially skeletonized, and that no precise cause of death could be determined for either of them. Currently, school caretakers do not have to undergo an ``enhanced'' CRB check -meaning only convictions are revealed. Investigators would later determine Wells and Chapman had most likely been attackedand possibly murderedin the dining room of College Close. [192], In February 1999, Huntley met 22-year-old Maxine Carr in a Grimsby nightclub. [192] This employment was initially voluntary work, but Carr later became a teaching assistant in the school's Year 5 class. Chapman was described as being tanned, with shoulder-length, brown hair; Wells was described as being fair, with blonde hair. Each refused to file criminal complaints or accept help from social services. To one colleague, Capp would talk incessantly about her dreams of leaving this employment and embarking on a teaching career. [198] According to Carr, she was "instantly attracted" to Huntley's self-confident and pleasant persona, and agreed to begin dating him that same evening. She found out on 23 July that her application had been unsuccessful. I hope the next time I see him, it will be like we saw our daughtersand it will be in a coffin. [57], On 6 August, Huntley drove from Soham to Grimsby to pick up Carr. [1] He also stated that the girls had almost certainly not died at the location where their bodies had been discovered,[73] and that both bodies had been placed there within 24 hours of their deaths. I'm going to be inside forever, and it'll be torture. [139] In the bathroom, he had slipped and accidentally knocked Wells into his bath while helping her stanch her nosebleed, and this unintentional act had caused her to drown as he "panicked and froze". [160], Huntley was a timid child, and something of a mother's boy. Although Mr Huntley made clear attempts to appear insane, I have no doubt that the man currently, and at the time of the murders, was both physically and mentally sound and therefore, if he is found guilty, carried out the murders totally aware of his actions. [46] Police also received statements regarding a suspicious white van that had been seen in Soham on the evening of the children's disappearance. He would only resume using his father's surname following the 2002 reconciliation of his parents. [192][195][n 14], While Capp resided with her mother in Grimsby, she unofficially adopted the surname Benson. "[148], Following the conclusion of the prosecution's closing argument, Coward delivered his argument on behalf of the defence. [73] Numerous hairs later determined to belong to Chapman were discovered on a tree branch close to the location of the girls' bodies. [168] The marriage was short-lived due to Huntley's volatile temper, which surfaced within days of their marriage. [8] Another woman living in nearby Little Thetford claimed to have seen two girls whose appearance and clothing matched those of Wells and Chapman walking past her home the morning after they had been reported missing. [88], By the second week of the children's disappearance, Huntley had become an unofficial spokesman for the community of Soham. "[82] In reference to Carr's attempts to pervert the course of justice, Latham stated that "as surely as night follows day" the two had conspired to concoct a false alibi to divert suspicion from Huntley,[82] but warned the jury Carr could only be convicted of assisting an offender if they believed she had known Huntley had murdered the girls, adding that her motive for providing lies to police with reference to the charge of perverting the course of justice was irrelevant. This service was introduced in 2002 by the Home Office, as a way to protect vulnerable groups of people, by screening anybody they may potentially come into contact with during their employment or education. I just said she weren't very good as she hadn't got the job and they just says please tell her that we're very sorry and off they walked; in the direction of the library over there. [98], The same evening, police conducted a thorough search of both 5 College Close and the grounds of Soham Village College where Huntley worked as a senior caretaker[100] as the couple remained under police watch at separate locations outside Soham. To these questions, Carr explained that her first impression had been that Huntley had "had a woman in the house", adding their bedding had been washed shortly before 4 August. Following their separation, Huntley had distanced himself from his father for several years. By Huntley's own later admission, he had become sexually frustrated, and had unsuccessfully attempted to persuade a married colleague to date him on the weekend Carr visited her mother in Grimsby. Howard Gilbert, then-headteacher of Soham Village Collegehaving admitted the college's failure to check Huntley's references prior to offering him employmentlater said that he would not have employed Huntley if he had been aware of the burglary charge, as one of Huntley's key responsibilities was to ensure security in the school grounds. Testimony from Carr had indicated her suspicions sexual activity had occurred in their home in her absence as, although Huntley had insisted throughout their relationship that Carr perform all domestic chores, she noticed that he had washed the quilts, pillow cases and sheets of their bed in her absence. [147], Referencing Huntley's likely motive for the murders and his claims at trial that both deaths had been accidental, Latham stated: "We invite you to reject the accounts of both deaths [being accidental] as desperate lies; the only way out for him. Its opening was. Carr pleaded not guilty to the charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice and assisting an offender. [9] By 3:15p.m., both girls had changed into distinctive replica Manchester United football shirts, one of which belonged to Wells, and the other to her older brother, Oliver. On 9 June 2003, he attempted suicide by taking 29 antidepressants which he had accumulated in his cell. [200] Shortly thereafter, the couple moved to a ground-floor flat in Scunthorpe, where Huntley formally proposed to Carr in June 1999. [163] Huntley also enjoyed football, and was an avid supporter of Manchester United. [181][n 13], Following his arrest, several former girlfriends and sexual partners stated that Huntley presented himself as a charming and considerate man in the early stages of a relationship, but would become domineering and violent upon having established control. Section of Mr Justice Alan Moses' sentencing of Ian Huntley. She further explained her focus had therefore been to protect Huntley's job and reputation, adding that had she known of Huntley's guilt, she would never have attempted to provide him with a false alibi, stating to her counsel: "If, for a minute, I [had known] or believed he'd murdered either of those girls I would have been horrified. The Vetting and Barring Scheme aims to protect children and vulnerable adults by stopping those who pose a known risk from working with them. [201], Although they were a besotted couple in public, Huntley was very possessive of Carr, and is known to have emotionally abused and/or physically assaulted her frequently, often culminating in Carr returning to live with her mother before Huntley persuaded her to return to live with him. The victim of this assault later said that Huntley had not been the perpetrator of her assault. [69] In an apparent effort to destroy forensic evidence, the murderer or murderers had attempted to burn both bodies. 0 . [170] Within four weeks of their acquaintance,[199] she had moved into Huntley's Barton-upon-Humber flat, and the couple informed relatives of their eagerness to start a family. 15 August 2002[61], At about 12:30p.m. on 17 August,[62] a 48-year-old gamekeeper named Keith Pryer discovered the bodies of both girls lying side by side in a 5-foot (1.5m) deep irrigation ditch close to a pheasant pen near the perimeter fence of RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk,[63] more than 10 miles (16km) east of Soham. Pupils being put at 'significant risk' by regular gaps in checks in county where caretaker murdered two girls . Mirage Publishing initially agreed to publish Carr's autobiography, but withdrew their offer after a feature on BBC Radio Newcastle prompted scores of complaints from the public. [172] One of these girls would become pregnant at age 15,[166] and gave birth to a baby girl in 1998. One of the biggest misconceptions about DBS checks is that the system is just for people working with children. [76] The Reverend Tim Alban Jones officiated at this service, saying: "Would not the best and most lasting memorial to these two lovely young girls be a change for the better in how we behave towards each other? He would also emotionally blackmail his partner if he detected any signs of her developing resistance to his control or indicating a desire to leave him. Three staff at Holly Wells' and Jessica Chapman's old school have still not had their backgrounds checked for any criminal convictions eight days before the girls' classmates return for the new term. In this offence, he and an accomplice allegedly broke into the house of a neighbour in Grimsby and stole electrical goods, jewellery and cash. It was designed as a response to the Bichard Inquiry . [55], After being informed of the discovery of the children's bodies and the evidence of Huntley's guilt, including his fingerprints being recovered from the bin in which the children's clothes had been found, Carr burst into tears, shouting: "No! [241], The Bichard inquiry recommended a mandatory registration scheme for people working with children and vulnerable adults such as the elderly and mentally handicapped. Discussing Huntley's mindset, Leslie Chapman opined: "I think he was a time bomb waiting to go off and both our girls were in the wrong place at the wrong time. [242] This recommendation later led to the foundation of the Independent Safeguarding Authority. He was also forbidden from initiating contact with his baby daughter or her mother. [30] Police also investigated the possibility that the girls had arranged to meet someone they had contacted via an internet chat room, but this was soon ruled out. The stated purpose of the Bichard inquiry was: Urgently to enquire into child protection procedures in Humberside Police and Cambridgeshire Constabulary in the light of the recent trial and conviction of Ian Huntley for the murder of Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells. The other problem, as previously stated, is that the infobox lists the 2004 convictions while the main text of the article does not mention or . [191], An orange-petalled rose, dedicated to the memory of Wells and Chapman, was unveiled by representatives of Soham Town Council at the 2003 Chelsea Flower Show. The person responsible for this abduction and assault was also believed to have followed a 12-year-old girl in the same area, although in this instance, his car had been fitted with number plates which had been stolen in Nottinghamshire. Carr only replied to his missed call at 6:23p.m. [39], On 12 August, police launched a media appeal to trace the driver of a four-door, dark green saloon car. [183] Huntley severely restricted and supervised any contact she held with her family or social acquaintances. Huntley admitted having sex with this woman, but insisted the act had been consensual. [180] The youngest girl Huntley is known to have raped was 12 years old, with another girl he had attempted to rape being 11. [92], On 3 December, Carr went into the witness box to testify in her own defence. He can't have been! This was supported by the headteacher of St Andrew's Primary School, who told reporters: "The possible danger from strangers is something we have impressed upon [the children] from an early age. [193], Several of Capp's colleagues later remarked how they found her to be a distant and immature figure with few friends or hobbies. Former "Teen Mom 2" stars Chelsea and Cole DeBoer have a new show on HGTV, "Down Home Fab." Insider spoke to the pair about how to make homes pretty but functional for families. Huntley would later inform investigators he had taped bin liners around his feet prior to carrying the children's bodies from his vehicle to the irrigation ditch. [6], The two girls and a friend named Natalie Parr played computer games and listened to music for about half an hour. [138] The bath was already filled with water as he had been cleaning his dog that afternoon. [118] This led to her developing anorexia at 16, with her weight at one stage plummeting to six stones (38 kg), and her mother forcing her to eat in order for her to regain weight. On one occasion, he beat his wife so badly she suffered a miscarriage. [123] He was transferred to a segregation unit at Woodhill prison in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. The family regularly experienced financial difficulties, but Shirley would later state she "spoiled" her daughters to the best of her financial ability. [24] A cover from the rear seat was missing, and the lining of the boot had been recently removed and replaced with an ill-fitting section of household carpet. [175] The criminal charge was dropped a week later after the Crown Prosecution Service, having examined CCTV footage from the nightclub and environs and finding evidence of the two socialising within the nightclub, determined insufficient evidence existed to secure a conviction for this offence. Via this hobby, he became familiar with the environs of RAF Lakenheath. [82], In his opening statement on behalf of the Crown, prosecutor Richard Latham QC described the last day of the friends' lives and how, by "pure chance", they had happened to pass by Huntley's home at a time when Carr was not present. Ian Huntley, a former caretaker, was found guilty of murdering two girls from a Cambridgeshire primary school in 2002. Between 1990 and 1996, Huntley worked in a succession of menial jobs, but seldom held any job for long. She explained the reason for the lack of any traces of semen being discovered could have been a result of the charred and melted condition of the articles she had inspected. [213], On 3 April 2004, the three-bedroomed house in College Close in which the murders occurred was demolished and the site levelled, with all rubble from the property being discarded in various undisclosed locations. [3] She received a three-and-a-half year prison sentence for conspiring with Huntley to pervert the course of justice. [163] Huntley began work at Soham Village College on 26 November. [96], When questioned about his failure to call emergency services and subsequent, extensive efforts to destroy evidence and divert suspicion from himself, Huntley insisted he had first become preoccupied with whether the police and public would believe the girls' deaths had been accidental, and he had decided to conceal all evidence of the deaths as opposed to either notifying police or paramedics. [82][n 7] These conclusions were physically supported by an analysis of the shoots of nettles at the crime scene which enabled forensic ecologist and palynologist Patricia Wiltshire to estimate that the bodies had been placed at this location almost two weeks before. [85][86], In the weeks following the disappearances, Huntley reluctantly[87] granted several television interviews to media outlets such as Sky News and the regional BBC News programme, BBC Look East, speaking of the general shock in the local community and his dismay at being the last person to see the children alive. [192], In 1993, Capp finished her schooling, having obtained no qualifications. Three of them were aged 15, and one 13. [23], By contrast, Carr quickly confessed to detectives she had lied about her whereabouts and her partner's actions on 4 August as, shortly before she had returned to Soham from Grimsby three days later, Huntley had claimed to her in a phone call to have seen the two girls shortly before their disappearance, admitting: "The thing is, Maxine, they came in our house! On 14 September 2005, while an inmate at HM Prison Wakefield, he was scalded with boiling water by convicted spree killer Mark Hobson. ', "Huntley's Question to Police: Am I a Suspect? The inquiry scrutinised the investigation by Cambridgeshire Police into the children's disappearance and murder, as almost two weeks had elapsed following the disappearance of Wells and Chapman before Cambridgeshire Police became aware of Huntley's previous criminal background, despite his claims to be the last person to see the children alive. [92] Carr also displayed a thank-you card to this reporter which had recently been given to her by Wells on the last day of the school year. Both girls had been missing for thirteen days when their bodies were found, and their corpses were in an advanced state of decomposition. In October 2009, there was a new safeguarding regulation put in place which explains the obligation DBS checks have failed in number of occasions such as the Soham Murders. [161], At both primary and secondary school, Huntley was an average scholar. [221] This resulted in his hospitalisation and a thorough search of his cell, in which a cassette tape was recovered. [154], Minutes after the convictions, the parents of both girls granted an interview to the media. Each room of Huntley's home had evidently been recently and meticulously cleaned[101] with what was later described as being a "lemony" cleaning fluid,[102] but the search of the home revealed many items of "major importance" to the investigation. Council chiefs started an annual audit of CRB checks after it emerged that Huntley was cleared to work at Soham Village College despite alleged sex attacks in the past. He chose not to enrol in college and instead committed himself to finding employment. [143], Carr said she had tried to persuade Huntley to contact police and "be open" about his claims to have invited the children into his home for Wells to stanch her nosebleed, but that he had refused to do so, as inviting children into their home had been a violation of the rules imposed by St Andrew's Primary School. [226] She was given a secret identity to protect her from threats of attack from vengeful members of the public[227] in addition to being provided with a new home in an undisclosed location. A scenes of crime officer also testified that, despite Huntley's exhaustive efforts to remove physical evidence of his crime from his home, a forensic examination had revealed several traces of blood spattering about the hallway and main entrance to the master bedroom. These disclosures revealed that not only had police failed to pursue numerous previous criminal complaints of sexual offences against underage girls and young women by Huntley, but he had then secured a job in Soham allowing him access to children. [6][7] Before leaving home, Chapman informed her parents of her intention to also give her friend a necklace engraved with the letter H she had purchased for her on a recent family holiday to Menorca.
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