Huntley waited eight hours before reporting sighting

Soham accused Ian Huntley waited eight hours before telling police he had seen Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman on the night they vanished, his Old Bailey murder trial heard today.

Huntley, 29, said he had not thought it was “necessary” to tell police scouring Cambridgeshire for the 10-year-olds that he had seen them walking past his house, the court was told.