Violent lags would ‘jump’ at chance to slay evil Ian Huntley to boost jail ‘reputation’

As Ian Huntley remains in a serious condition after being attacked in prison, one solicitor has admitted many would be targeting the child killer to up their own reputation

A prison solicitor has admitted that lags in jail would be thrilled to beat up Ian Huntley as it could boost their own standings in jail. It comes as the Soham monster killer is now “fighting for his life” after being brutally targeted.

Former school caretaker Ian, 52, was reported to have been attacked at HMP Frankland, where he is serving life sentences for the killing of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman back in 2003. He is now in a serious condition as a result of the brutal attack.

But according to one solicitor, the fact that sicko Huntley was attacked was not surprising at all. Instead, he said that targeting well-known killers in prison would help to improve their social standing within the jail they are being housed in.

Giving his reaction to the news that the Soham killer was attacked, Marcus Johnstone from PCD Solicitors said: “I am not remotely surprised that Ian Huntley has been attacked in prison, four months since Ian Watkins was murdered by a fellow prisoner at HMP Wakefield. Having worked with prisoners convicted of very serious offences for over 20 years, I have seen the ways prisons work and just how vulnerable these inmates are to attacks from fellow offenders.”

The lawyer, who specialises in defending people accused of sexual offences in court, explained that Huntley would have likely spent most of his time behind bars separated from the rest of the lags he’s doing time with. Also, due to his deteriorating mental health, Marcus said that Ian would be deemed a “vulnerable” prisoner, held with other lags, including sex offenders.

“However, as a child killer he would also be disliked by sex offenders,” Marcus added. “Even sex offenders have boundaries that would not cross.”

He continued: “His early years may well have been spent in isolation at HMP Frankland (and other high security prisons), but there is a duty on the prison authority to try to rehabilitate a prisoner, not just punish. Over time, Huntley would become eligible to attend offending behaviour courses — which may result in him having contact with non-vulnerable prisoners.”

Marcus added that HMP Frankland in County Durham is a high-security prison, filled with several sickening lags, known for carrying out some of the worst attacks in the country. These include the likes of child murderers, gang leaders and drug dealers; all of whom wanting to exert control over the prison.

“Consistently, almost every sex offender inmate I have met lives in fear for their lives – and a great many violent offenders I have spoken to would jump at the opportunity to attack a man like Huntley. This enhances their ‘reputation’ in the prison estate.”

However, despite the attempts by guards to try and safeguard prisoners considered to be more at risk, Marcus revealed there would be very little done to try and have them avoid violence completely. He also pinned this down to a decline in prison guards, meaning that Huntley could now be spending the rest of his looking over his shoulder, waiting to be attacked.

“Other than confining them indefinitely to their cell, there will always be some opportunity for another inmate or gang to get access to them. When we add into the mix the fact that most prisoners suffer mental health problems, and over many years in prison these problems become severe, such an attack become inevitable.”

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