British Home Secretary David Blunkett was tonight preparing for a High Court battle, which could come as early as Monday, over the future of Humberside’s Chief Constable David Woodward.

The Home Office should take more of the blame for the failings identified by the Bichard Inquiry into the handling of Soham murderer Ian Huntley, a senior police officer said today.

A BELEAGUERED was last night involved in a stand-off with the British Home Secretary who had ordered his suspension over the Soham debacle.

An inquiry into how child killer Ian Huntley slipped through the UK police’s intelligence net today revealed a “deeply shocking” catalogue of errors.

The British police force that investigated the Soham murders faces a double barrage of criticism for its handling of Ian Huntley in two scathing reports expected out next week.

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.

A detective who decided no action should be taken against Ian Huntley over three separate allegations of underage sex stood by his decisions today.

SOHAM killer Ian Huntley was identified in a police intelligence report as a “serial sex attacker” who would strike again, three years before he murdered Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, it was revealed yesterday.

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.

A British police force at the centre of the inquiry into how Ian Huntley was able to get a job as a school caretaker today said it would be willing to acknowledge mistakes.

An inquiry into how Soham murderer Ian Huntley was able to get a job as a school caretaker despite a string of sex allegations in his past was formally opened today.

An inquiry was opening today into how evil Soham murderer Ian Huntley was able to get a job as a school caretaker despite a string of sex allegations in his past.