Exclusive: Almost £2,000 in taxpayers’ money was paid out for Ian Huntley’s cremation as part of a longstanding policy for the state to cover expenes for any death in custody
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Exclusive: Almost £2,000 in taxpayers’ money was paid out for Ian Huntley’s cremation as part of a longstanding policy for the state to cover expenes for any death in custody
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Prisons service could be forced to pay £3,000 to cover basic funeral expenses of double murderer
The murderer’s family reportedly made the decision out of respect for his victims’ families
Soham murderer died in hospital on Saturday after he was attacked at HMP Frankland by an inmate
Huntley, who murdered 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2002, was attacked at HMP Frankland near Durham last month
The former school caretaker suffered severe brain trauma after being attacked by a fellow inmate
His estranged daughter insists he should not have a funeral and warns: ‘There is no place for him in heaven’
