On 4 August 2002, two 10-year-old girls, Holly Marie Wells and Jessica Amiee Chapman, were lured into the home of a local resident and school caretaker, Ian Huntley, in Soham, Cambridgeshire, England.
Jessica Chapman (left) and Holly Wells (right), mid-2002
CCTV footage of Wells and Chapman (upper left), released to the media on 8 August
A service for the children was held at Ely Cathedral on 30 August 2002.
Police discovered charred remnants of the children's clothes at Soham Village College on 16 August.
His Majesty's Prison Belmarsh is a Category A men's prison located in Thamesmead, south-east London, England. Belmarsh Prison is run by His Majesty's Prison Service and is situated next to HMP Isis an
Soham murders
…feared Huntley might die as a result of this overdose, but he was returned to his prison cell within 48 hours. Huntley was later transferred to London's Belmarsh prison. At a preliminary hearing at the Old Bailey on 16 April 2003, Huntley pleaded not guilty to the charges of murdering Wells and Chapman, and guilty to…
Aerial view of HM Prison Belmarsh (centre). To the left is HMP Isis, to the right is HMP Thameside