Anthony Russell, 43, will appear in court via video link on Wednesday accused of attack at HMP Frankland
An inmate at HMP Frankland in County Durham has been charged with the murder of the child killer Ian Huntley, police have said.
Durham constabulary said Anthony Russell, 43, would appear before magistrates on Wednesday via video link.
Huntley, who murdered friends Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in Soham, Cambridgeshire, in 2002, died in hospital on Saturday after he was attacked with a metal pole in a prison workshop on 26 February.
In a statement, the force said: “A man has been charged with murder following an incident at HMP Frankland in Durham.
