# How are particularly horrific criminals treated by the other inmates?

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> [@isaiahrobinson](#):
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> [Ian Huntley](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly_Wells) had scalding water thrown in his face and separately had his throat slashed.

This time he did not survive:

> One of Britain’s most notorious child killers died Saturday, days after he was attacked by a fellow inmate in the workshop of a maximum-security prison.
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> Ian Huntley, a 52-year-old former school caretaker convicted in 2003 for the murder of two 10-year-old girls, had been on life support after being hit repeatedly over the head with a metal bar at Frankland prison in northeast England on Feb. 26.
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> The murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman had transfixed Britain for two weeks after the best friends vanished from the village of Soham in eastern England on Aug. 4, 2002 after leaving a barbecue to buy candy.

> **[Ian Huntley, one of UK's most notorious child killers, has died, days after...](https://apnews.com/article/ian-huntley-soham-britain-child-killer-prison-955d00a84149b3330abc6dbc48aedc11)**
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> One of Britain’s most notorious child killers has died, days after he was attacked by a fellow inmate in the workshop of a maximum security prison.

From the Mirror:

> **[Ian Huntley battered in prison after sick Man Utd shirt stunt](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/real-reason-ian-huntley-battered-36790725)**
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> Soham killer Ian Huntley was found in a pool of blood after being attacked with a metal pole at HMP Frankland. Inmates allegedly despised him over a red shirt with number 10 thought to reference his victims Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman

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