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Coroner pauses Huntley inquest as inmate faces murder

Published 27 May 2026

A coroner has suspended the inquest into the death of Ian Huntley, the convicted Soham murderer, pending the outcome of a criminal investigation. The 52-year-old died in a Newcastle hospital on March 7 after an alleged assault by a fellow inmate at HMP Frankland, a maximum-security prison in County Durham.

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