Enda Brady: Nobody will mourn depraved murderer Ian Huntley

'A special place in hell' awaits double child-killer — and that's according to his own daughter

Ian Huntley had been serving a life sentence with a recommended minimum term of 40 years. The reality is that he would never have been released, such was the depravity of his crimes and the callousness of his actions. File picture

Britain has witnessed many horrific crimes over the decades but the 2002 murders of best friends Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman was shocking beyond belief. It stunned the country, and further afield, for so many reasons.

Nearly 24 years later that awful period is back in the news because their killer has now been killed.