Ian Huntley’s lawyers were expected to make a series of “admissions” today as the forensic case against the alleged Soham murderer continued at London's Old Bailey.

SOHAM-ACCUSED Ian Huntley cut off Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman’s clothes as their bodies lay in a remote ditch, his lawyer said yesterday in the first of a series of “admissions”.

One of the most senior detectives in the Soham murder hunt took to the witness box today for Ian Huntley’s trial at the Old Bailey.

The murder trial of Soham accused Ian Huntley today heard from journalists who interviewed him during the hunt for schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.

Searchers involved in the hunt for schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were giving evidence today at the trial of their alleged murderer.

IAN HUNTLEY is unlikely to deny Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman died while they were alone with him in his house, an Old Bailey jury was told yesterday.

School caretaker Ian Huntley murdered Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman then hid their bodies in the hope that they would never be found, a jury heard today.

The parents of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman arrived at court today to hear the prosecution case against the man accused of their murders.

The parents of murdered schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman today arrived at the Old Bailey for the trial of their alleged killer.

The murder trial of Ian Huntley, accused of killing Soham schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, was due to begin today.

THE families of murdered Soham schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman cannot face being there on the first anniversary of the deaths, police said yesterday.

The families of murdered Soham schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman cannot face being there on the first anniversary of the deaths, police said today.

THE former school caretaker accused of murdering schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman left hospital yesterday after being treated for a drugs overdose.

Soham murder accused Ian Huntley was in a stable but critical condition in hospital today following an apparent suicide bid.

Soldiers from the United States National Guard will begin operating at the major US air bases in the UK from tomorrow as the countdown to war in Iraq continues.

Maxine Carr, the woman accused of perverting the course of justice following the deaths of schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, remained in a stable condition in hospital today after what some reports suggested was a prison suicide bid.

Maxine Carr, accused of perverting the course of justice following the deaths of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, was being treated in hospital today.

A judge is tomorrow expected to hear a bail application for a former teaching assistant charged in connection with the murders of schoolgirls Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells.

FORMER school caretaker Ian Huntley suffers “no form of mental disorder” and is fit to stand trial for the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, a court heard yesterday.

Former school caretaker Ian Huntley suffers “no form of mental disorder” and is fit to stand trial for the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, a court heard today.

Former school caretaker Ian Huntley today arrived in a blacked out van for his third court appearance accused of murdering Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.

A former school caretaker accused of the murders of schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman was today appearing in court for the third time.

A former caretaker charged with the murder of Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells is due to appear in court tomorrow, police said today.

A woman charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice following the disappearance of schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman was today due to appear in a British court via a live prison video link.

A woman accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice following the disappearance of schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman will again appear in court via a live prison video link later this week.

A FORMER school caretaker accused of the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman was yesterday remanded to a high security hospital for a month after appearing in court for the first time.

Forensic teams have completed their search of the ditch where the bodies of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were found, police said today.

Murdered schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were today set to be remembered at sporting events across the country in poignant one minute silences.

Police investigating the double murder of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman today searched the home of the alleged killer’s grandmother.

Three young girls tonight knelt down to lay flowers near the spot where the bodies feared to be those of missing Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were found.

A senior American air force officer is one of two pilots feared killed in a crash in the Scottish Highlands.