School sacks Ian Huntley

The alleged double murderer of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman has been sacked from his job as college caretaker in their home town.

Ian Huntley, 28, was suspended earlier in the week after he was charged with murdering the 10-year-olds and sectioned under the Mental Health Act.

A meeting of the governors of Soham Village College has decided it would be "untenable" for him to return to work at the college - under any circumstances - and terminated his contract with immediate effect, said a spokesman for Cambridgeshire County Council.

"The governing body terminated his employment on the grounds that whatever the outcome of the legal proceedings it would be untenable for him to return," the spokesman said.