Ian Huntley 'touch and go' after being seriously injured in prison attack

Former caretaker Huntley killed 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman after they left a family barbecue to buy sweets in Soham, Cambridgeshire, on August 4 2002, then dumped their bodies in a ditch

 Ian Huntley pictured in 2002. The prisoner has suffered serious injuries after being attacked in high-security Frankland prison. Picture: Toby Melville/PA

Soham killer Ian Huntley has suffered serious injuries after being attacked in prison.

Durham Constabulary said a prisoner, understood to be Huntley, was assaulted on Thursday morning at HMP Frankland before being rushed to hospital.