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| Soham murderer Ian Huntley is being treated in hospital after taking a suspected overdose, a Prison Service spokeswoman has said. | Soham murderer Ian Huntley is being treated in hospital after taking a suspected overdose, a Prison Service spokeswoman has said. |
| Huntley, 33, is currently serving a life sentence at HMP Wakefield for the murders of 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in Cambridgeshire. | Huntley, 33, is currently serving a life sentence at HMP Wakefield for the murders of 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in Cambridgeshire. |
| A Prison Service spokeswoman said an investigation was under way into events at the prison on Friday afternoon. | A Prison Service spokeswoman said an investigation was under way into events at the prison on Friday afternoon. |
| Huntley's condition was not thought to be life-threatening. | Huntley's condition was not thought to be life-threatening. |
| The spokeswoman said: "We can confirm that Ian Huntley is being treated in hospital for a suspected overdose. | |
| "We will be investigating events surrounding this incident." | |
| She was not prepared to disclose the hospital at which Huntley was receiving treatment. | |
| 'Risk of self-harm' | |
| In September 2005, High Court judge Mr Justice Moses ruled that Huntley, originally from Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, must serve at least 40 years in prison. | |
| He said the killings did not meet the criteria for a "whole-life tariff", but the 40-year term offered "little or no hope" of his release. | |
| This is the third time Huntley has attempted to take his own life in prison. | |
| Huntley first tried to kill himself in June 2003 after saving up 29 anti-depressant pills in a box of teabags while awaiting trial for the murder of the two schoolgirls. | |
| An official report into the 2003 suicide attempt said Huntley presented an "ongoing significant risk of self-harm". | |
| In September 2006 he spent a day in hospital after being found unconscious in his cell following an overdose. | |
| That incident prompted an urgent review of how Huntley is supervised by the head of the Prison Service's Standards Audit Unit, Rob Kellett. |