Huntley leaves hospital, returns to prison

Soham murder accused Ian Huntley has left hospital and is returning to prison after an apparent suicide bid left him in a coma last night.

He was found having a fit in his cell in the early hours of yesterday morning after taking an overdose of anti-depressants at one of Britain’s top security prisons, sources said.

An investigation was launched immediately, focusing on the suspicion that Huntley, 29, had stored up his prescribed medication for the overdose.

He was charged with the double murder of Cambridgeshire schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman last August.

The former school caretaker had been on suicide watch since his last court appearance, when he denied the killings, and was understood to have been receiving medication for depression for some time.

He was discovered “fitting” in his cell by officers at Woodhill prison who had orders to check him every 15 minutes over fears he could try to kill himself.