{"id":448847,"date":"2026-02-27T17:35:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/448847\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T17:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:35:14","slug":"inmate-yelled-ive-done-it-ive-done-it-after-brutal-ian-huntley-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/448847\/","title":{"rendered":"Inmate yelled ‘I’ve done it… I’ve done it’ after brutal Ian Huntley attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

Huntley was assaulted in the workshop of HMP Frankland near Durham on Thursday morning and taken to hospitalLee Grimsditch<\/a> Nostalgia Writer, George Lithgow Tom Wilkinson and Rosie Shead and Press Association<\/p>\n

08:06, 27 Feb 2026<\/p>\n

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Ian Huntley(Image: PA Archive\/PA Images)<\/p>\n

An inmate shouted “I’ve done it, I’ve done it” after Soham killer Ian Huntley was attacked at a maximum security prison, according to reports. Durham Constabulary said a prisoner, understood to be Huntley, was attacked in the workshop of HMP Frankland near Durham on Thursday morning and taken to hospital.<\/p>\n

The Sun, which first reported the attack, said the killer was knocked unconscious with a metal pole<\/a> and quoted a source saying his condition was “touch and go”. According to the paper, a man shouted “I’ve done it, I’ve done it” after the 52 year old was struck six times.<\/p>\n

Huntley was treated for head injuries and remains in a serious condition in hospital, the force said on Thursday afternoon. A prisoner in his mid-40s has been identified as a suspect in the attack, according to police.<\/p>\n

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A spokesman for Durham Constabulary said: “The 52-year-old prisoner who was injured during this morning’s assault in the workshop at HMP Frankland remains in a serious condition in hospital following treatment for head injuries.<\/p>\n

“Police forensic teams have examined the scene of the attack throughout the day to gather evidence.<\/p>\n

“A suspect, a male prisoner in his mid-40s, has been identified by officers investigating the incident.<\/p>\n

“He has not been arrested at this stage but remains in detention within the prison.”<\/p>\n

Former caretaker Huntley killed 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman after they left a family barbecue to buy sweets in Soham, Cambridgeshire, on August 4 2002, then dumped their bodies in a ditch.<\/p>\n

The Press Association understands Huntley was left in a pool of blood after the incident.<\/p>\n

Thursday’s assault marks the latest attempt on Huntley’s life, and he is believed to have been kept under close watch to prevent similar attacks.<\/p>\n

He is serving a life sentence with a recommendation that he serves at least 40 years for the murders.<\/p>\n

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HMP Frankland(Image: PA Archive\/PA Images)<\/p>\n

In 2010, robber Damien Fowkes slashed Huntley with a makeshift weapon, inflicting a “severe, gaping cut to the left side of his neck” with a 7in (18cm) wound which required 21 stitches.<\/p>\n

Fowkes asked a prison officer: “Is he dead? I hope so.”<\/p>\n

He referred to Huntley as a “notorious child killer, both inside prison and in society in general”.<\/p>\n

Manchester Arena<\/a> bomb plotter Hashem Abedi<\/a> is accused of carrying out “terrorist” attacks on prison officers at the maximum security jail with hot cooking oil and improvised weapons.<\/p>\n

He denies three counts of attempted murder after four officers were injured on April 12.<\/p>\n

Former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins died following an alleged attack last October at HMP Wakefield, where he was serving a 29-year sentence for child sexual offences.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Killamarsh killer Damien Bendall received another life sentence after he pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of a fellow Frankland inmate who he assaulted with a claw hammer in a prison workshop.<\/p>\n

A prison officer who saw the assault believed Bendall, who murdered his partner and three children with a hammer and is serving a whole life tariff, had killed his victim, but he survived.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Huntley was assaulted in the workshop of HMP Frankland near Durham on Thursday morning and taken to hospitalLee…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448848,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,2141,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-448847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-in-the-news","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}