An inquiry has been launched into why police checks failed to reveal Ian Huntley’s disturbing history after he applied to be site manager at Soham Village College.

SOHAM accused Ian Huntley was the focus of a schoolgirl crush just weeks before he allegedly murdered Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, his Old Bailey trial heard yesterday.

Soham accused Ian Huntley was the focus of a schoolgirl crush weeks before he is alleged to have murdered Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, the Old Bailey heard today.

The Soham double child murder trial entered its second day of witness evidence at the Old Bailey in London today.