The schoolgirls vanished after leaving a family barbecue in Soham in August 2002.
It is believed they were on their way to buy sweets when Huntley, then aged 28, lured them back to his home and killed them.
Their disappearance made national headlines and led to tireless searches, with the girls’ bodies found in a ditch a fortnight after they went missing.
Huntley was arrested the same day. His girlfriend Maxine Carr was also jailed in 2003 after being found guilty of conspiring to pervert the course of justice for giving him a false alibi. She was given a new identity after being freed from jail in May 2004.
The Ministry of Justice has previously said Huntley’s crime “remains one of the most shocking and devastating cases in our nation’s history, and our thoughts are with their families”.