IAN HUNTLEY told his mother he remembered “100%” how Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman left his house alive — a year before he admitted they died in his bathroom.

Ian Huntley urged his family not to tell police his version of events before he did because he feared it would just be “hammering nails in my coffin”.

Ian Huntley had a nervous breakdown in the months after being arrested on suspicion of the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, the Old Bailey heard today.

Ian Huntley told his mother he believed someone else killed Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman and tried to make it look like it was him.

THE woman charged in connection with the deaths of schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman was put on suicide watch after prison officers spotted cuts on her wrist, it emerged yesterday.

The woman charged in connection with the deaths of British schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman was put on suicide watch after prison officers spotted cuts on her wrist, it emerged today.

BRITAIN’S Prison Service faced mounting criticism yesterday after claims that a major security lapse allowed an undercover journalist using bogus references to get a job guarding Soham murders suspect Ian Huntley.

The British Prison Service launched an investigation today into how an undercover journalist got a job as a warder at the top security jail where Soham murders suspect Ian Huntley is being held.

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 has left hospital and is returning to prison after an apparent suicide bid left him in a coma last night.

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

IAN HUNTLEY yesterday admitted conspiring to pervert the course of justice following the deaths of schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.

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.

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

A murderer has been found dead in his cell after apparently committing suicide while serving a life sentence for killing a friend.