Soham jury hears forensic evidence
The Old Bailey double child murder trial of Soham accused Ian Huntley today began hearing forensic evidence in the case.
Experts were testifying about evidence found in the hangar at Soham Village College, where the charred remnants of clothing worn by schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were found hidden in a bin.
They were also due to tell the court about forensic evidence from Huntley’s red Ford Fiesta, which the prosecution allege he used to dump the bodies in a remote ditch near Lakenheath, Suffolk.
Huntley, 29, the former caretaker at the college, denies murdering the 10-year-old friends but has admitted conspiring to pervert the course of justice.
His ex-girlfriend Maxine Carr, 26, a former classroom assistant at the girls’ primary school, denies conspiring to pervert the course of justice and two charges of assisting an offender.
The prosecution alleges she gave Huntley a false alibi for the day the girls went missing, Sunday August 4 last year. Their bodies were found 13 days later.
