Holly and Jessica funerals have taken place, say police

THE funerals of murdered schoolgirls Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells have taken place, police said yesterday.

They were held separately after a memorial service for the 10-year-olds at Ely Cathedral last Friday.

A service for Jessica, whose family asked for her body to be cremated, was held on Monday and her best friend Holly was buried yesterday.

Cambridgeshire Police confirmed the funerals had taken place but said the families had requested no information should be revealed about them.

“Both funerals were strictly private,” a spokeswoman said. Holly and Jessica, who both lived in Soham, vanished on Sunday August 4.

Their bodies were discovered near an isolated track in Wangford, Suffolk, on August 17. Their families have repeatedly stressed they do not want information about the private funerals to be reported.

Former Soham Village College caretaker Ian Huntley, 28, has been charged with the girls’ murders and is being held at a high security hospital.

His partner, Maxine Carr, 25, a former teaching assistant in Holly and Jessica’s class, has been accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice and is being held on remand in prison.