Huntley denies murdering Jessica and Holly
Former school caretaker Ian Huntley today admitted conspiring to pervert the course of justice following the deaths of schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.
But Huntley, 29, denied murdering Jessica and Holly, both 10.
The former caretaker at Soham Village College, in Soham, Cambridgeshire, pleaded guilty to conspiring with his then girlfriend Maxine Carr to pervert the course of justice during a hearing at the Old Bailey in London.
Carr, 26, a former teaching assistant in Holly and Jessica’s class at St Andrew’s Primary School, Soham, denied two charges of assisting an offender and one charge of conspiring with Huntley to pervert the course of justice.
In court, Huntley and Carr spoke only to confirm their personal details and to answer the charges put to them by the court clerk.
Huntley, who entered the court first and was dressed in a white shirt and grey tie, glanced occasionally at Carr.
Carr, dressed in a pale blue blouse and blue jacket, looked ahead during the hearing, occasionally glancing down at the floor.
The defendants were led into and out of the dock separately.
Both Jessica and Holly's parents were in court today.
Mr and Mrs Wells looked intently towards the dock as Huntley and Carr entered their pleas.
Mr and Mrs Chapman and their daughters looked straight ahead, with Mr Chapman glancing at the dock occasionally.
