Community relieved that justice has been done

THERE were mixed feelings of anger and relief in the town of Soham following the convictions of Ian Huntley and Maxine Carr.

The vicar of Soham said “justice had been done” as the jury in the Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman murder trial returned guilty verdicts against Huntley and Carr.

The Rev Tim Alban Jones of St Andrew’s Church said the community would not forget 10-year-old schoolgirls Holly and Jessica, but “had no wish to remember” Huntley and Carr. “The names of Holly and Jessica will long be remembered in our town of Soham as will the date of August 4, 2002, but we have no wish to remember those connected with their brutal murders.