The risk Soham killer Ian Huntley posed to young women would have been spotted if links had been made between allegations of underage sex against him, a key social worker admitted today.

The Chief Constable of the British police force that failed to keep records of a string of sex allegations against Ian Huntley was appearing before the Soham inquiry today.

The inquiry into how Soham child killer Ian Huntley got a job as a school caretaker, despite a string of sex allegations, was under way.