Soham killer Ian Huntley ‘blind’ and unlikely to survive prison attack

Former school caretaker, who murdered 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2002, has been kept on life support in hospital after being hit repeatedly over the head by an inmate armed with a metal bar

Ian Huntley: Suffered severe brain trauma in the attack at HMP Frankland, Durham, on February 26. File picture: PA

Soham killer Ian Huntley has been blinded and is not expected to regain consciousness following an attack in the workshop of a maximum security prison.

The 52-year-old reportedly suffered severe brain trauma in the attack at HMP Frankland, Durham, on February 26.