Probe opens into Huntley school job

An inquiry into how Soham murderer Ian Huntley was able to get a job as a school caretaker despite a string of sex allegations in his past was formally opened today.

In an opening statement, former Whitehall mandarin Michael Bichard, appointed by Home Secretary David Blunkett to head the inquiry, said: “My aim quite simply, is to discover first what happened, secondly why it happened and thirdly what lessons can be learned.”