Injunction protecting Carr's identity tightened

Lawyers for Soham killer Ian Huntley’s former girlfriend Maxine Carr said tonight they had succeeded in tightening the injunction banning publication of her new identity and whereabouts.

They went to a judge following an article in a newspaper today about her new life.

Mr Justice Mitting extended the injunction protecting Carr from public scrutiny to cover any description of the accommodation or nature of the premises in which she resides, and the nature of her employment.

Earlier lawyers for Carr had said they thought a story in today’s Daily Mail could potentially breach the injunction.

Solicitor Roy James, of Devas Lewis James, of Peterborough, said before today's hearing: "As a result of an article in the Daily Mail this morning, a further order is being sought at the High Court, preventing repetition of the information contained within that article, as we believe it potentially breaches the injunction.''

The British Home Office said it was supportive of the application.

The story discussed the type of accommodation Carr was said to be living in and her employment.

Mr Justice Mitting said nothing in the order should prevent people publishing, but not soliciting, a description of or comment upon the comfort and amenity of Carr’s accommodation and/or its likely cost which did not in any way identify its whereabouts.