Court told how Holly and Jessica ‘vanished’

PROSECUTOR Richard Latham QC yesterday opened the trial for the murders of Soham schoolgirls Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells.

Mr Latham gave the jury a brief synopsis of the case, explaining what he hoped to prove against defendant Ian Huntley.

Mr Latham said: “At about 6.15pm on Sunday, August 4, 2001 two girls, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, left Holly’s home and walked out on to the streets of the small Cambridgeshire town of Soham. They were two friends, they went to the same school, they were in the same class.