{"id":3930,"date":"2026-03-03T19:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T19:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=3930"},"modified":"2026-03-03T19:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T19:31:08","slug":"police-issue-new-update-on-ian-huntleys-condition-after-he-was-attacked-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=3930","title":{"rendered":"Police issue new update on Ian Huntley&#8217;s condition after he was attacked in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Police issue new update on Ian Huntley\u2019s condition after he was attacked in prison\" width=\"620\" height=\"500\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"w-full object-cover rounded-md\" style=\"color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 620 500'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAACEN3D\/AAAAL0lEQVR42mP4z8DAwMiAARgZGJhY+P\/\/PwMDAwPDfwYGBgaGhgYGhgYGAAD9Hwlr5xRngAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.joe.co.uk\/uploads\/2026\/01\/breaking-news-2.webp?height=1024&amp;width=1024\"\/><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>He was attacked last Thursday<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>Durham Constabulary has confirmed that there is no change to Ian Huntley\u2019s condition, while he has been in an induced coma at Royal Victoria Infirmary since Thursday after being attacked at HMP Frankland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Police have confirmed that he remains in a \u201cserious condition\u201d, as the child killer has entered his sixth day in hospital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Last Thursday, Huntley, 52, was found lying in a pool of blood at HMP Frankland after a brutal assault in which he was battered over the head repeatedly with a metal pole.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The attack left him too seriously injured to be airlifted to hospital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The chief suspect has been named triple murderer Anthony Russell, although police and prison officials are yet to formally confirm this.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Huntley was rushed to the Royal Victoria Infirmary, where he has remained in an induced coma ever since, following the attack in Frankland Prison&#8217;s workshop on Thursday,.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cThere has been no change in the 52-year-old man&#8217;s condition overnight \u2013 he remains in hospital in a serious condition\u201d, Durham Constabulary told Chronicle Live on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Huntley is serving a life sentence for the murders of 10 year old schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in Soham, Cambridgeshire in 2002, whilst working as a caretaker at their school.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#Police #issue #update #Ian #Huntleys #condition #attacked #prison<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He was attacked last Thursday Durham Constabulary has confirmed that there is no change to Ian Huntley\u2019s condition, while he has been in an induced coma at Royal Victoria Infirmary since Thursday after being attacked at HMP Frankland. 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