Huntley declared fit to stand trial for girls’ murders

FORMER school caretaker Ian Huntley suffers “no form of mental disorder” and is fit to stand trial for the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, a court heard yesterday.

Huntley declared fit to stand trial for girls’ murders

After 50 days assessing Huntley, psychiatrists declared there was no reason for him to be in a mental hospital.

On the orders of a judge, the 28-year-old will now swap the relative comfort of Rampton high security hospital in Nottinghamshire for a normal prison cell while he awaits a joint trial with his girlfriend Maxine Carr, accused of attempting to pervert justice.

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