‘Huntley’s predecessor sacked over ‘inappropriate relationship’, court told

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.

A youngster got "too close" to the then caretaker at Soham Village College and had to be spoken to by the vice principal.

The court heard that Huntley's predecessor was sacked the year before, following an "inappropriate relationship" with a 13-year-old girl.