Huntley saw them and asked them in, claiming that Carr, who was known to the girls through her work at their school, was also at home. In the early evening of August 2002, two 10-year-old girls, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were on their way to buy sweets when they walked past Huntley's rented house near the college. The relationship endured despite some turbulent arguments, and in 2001 they moved to the town of Littleport in, where Huntley took a job at a local center as the manager of a team of caretakers. In February 1999 he met 22-year-old Maxine Carr at a nightclub, and they moved in together after 4 weeks. Neither case proceeded to court due to lack of evidence, but the rape allegation tainted him substantially.

On January 7, 1998, Huntley appeared in court, charged with robbing a neighbor's house, and in May 1998, he was charged with the rape of an 18-year-old girl in Grimsby. (In 2016, his daughter, Samantha Bryan, revealed that she had accidentally discovered the identity of her biological father while working on a school project when she was 14.) A subsequent enquiry revealed that, between 19, Huntley had sexual contact with 11 underage girls, ranging between 11 and 17 years old. He had a succession of relationships, one of which was with a 15-year-old girl, with whom he fathered a daughter in 1998. He left school in 1990 and declined to continue his studies, despite reasonable grades, choosing instead to go directly into employment.įollowing the collapse of his marriage, Huntley became more nomadic, moving from one rented flat to the next, and changing jobs frequently.

The problem continued to escalate until, at age 13, he was forced to change schools. An asthma sufferer, Huntley had a turbulent time at school, as he was often the target of school bullying. He is the first son of Kevin and Linda Huntley. Ian Kevin Huntley was born into a working class home in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England, on January 31, 1974. He narrowly avoided a life sentence due to the 2003 Criminal Justice Act, which took effect one day after his conviction. Huntley, who had a history of sexual relationships with minors, was convicted in a 2003 murder trial and sentenced to 40 years in prison. Ian Huntley was arrested for two murders in 2002 after a highly publicized search for his 10-year-old victims. British college caretaker Ian Huntley was arrested for two murders in 2002 after a highly publicized search for his 10-year-old victims.

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