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  Soham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Soham is a small town in the English county of Cambridgeshire.
Soham Village College is one of a number of secondary schools of a type unique to Cambridgeshire.
In 2002 and 2003 Soham became the centre of international media attention due to the murder of two local schoolgirls, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Soham   (313 words)

  
 Ian Huntley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He enjoyed the work so much that in September 2001 he applied for the position of caretaker at Soham Village College, a secondary school in a small town between Cambridge and Ely, after the previous caretaker was sacked for having an inappropriate relationship with a pupil.
Huntley was accepted for the post of caretaker at Soham Village College and he began work on 26 November 2001.
He was later charged with two counts of murder and sectioned under the mental health act at Rampton Hospital before a judge decided that he was fit to stand trial.
www.butte-silverbow.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Ian_Huntley   (1006 words)

  
 Soham murders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Soham murders were the murders by Ian Huntley of two ten-year-old girls (Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman) in Soham, a small town in Cambridgeshire, England, on August 4, 2002.
His reasons for committing the murders may never be known, but minutes before seeing the girls Huntley had slammed the telephone down on Carr after a furious argument, as he was suspicious that she was cheating on him.
She had claimed to be with Huntley at the time of the murders, but she was in fact in Grimsby.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Soham_murders   (1377 words)

  
 Talk:Soham murders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Would prefer Soham murders of 2002, there may have been others for all I know...
The Soham Murders are a classic example of such a phenomenon, and as such the link is encyclopaedic and important.
There is nothing on the Soham murders page to indicate inordinate media coverage of the case, and nothing on the Missing white woman syndrome relating specifically to Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman (other than a link which you added, and which appears incongruous with the topic).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Soham_murders   (1034 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Huntley guilty of Soham murders
She was cleared of two counts of assisting an offender in relation to the murder of the girls.
Nevertheless, the officer who led the Soham murder inquiry welcomed the verdict and praised the efforts of his team and of the victims' families in bringing Huntley and Carr to justice.
The parents of the murdered girls, Leslie Chapman, 52, and his wife Sharon, 44, and Nicola Wells, 36, and her husband Kevin, 40, were in court to hear the verdicts and today gave their reactions to Huntley's conviction.
www.guardian.co.uk /soham/story/0,14010,1108810,00.html   (1138 words)

  
 The Soham Murders and Ian Huntley
In the cases of Whiting and Huntley, their crimes were part of a series of child abductions and murders in the south east of England, which the police had begun prosecuting before the series was allowed to reveal its character.
This is because the police arrested Huntley for murder at 1 am on the 16th of August, and they made known the character of the evidence against him to the press at this time also, but the public did not discover the two bodies until twelve hours later, at 1 pm on that day.
Inquests are needed for an unbiased view and record of the facts relating to a death or murder, and so inquests are needed to prevent biased or malicious presentations of facts relating to a murder.
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 Soham murders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The inquiry was announced on December 18 2003, and Michael BichardSir Michael Bichard/ was appointed as the chair.
Society: The head of the inquiry into the Soham murders criticises plans to grill under 18s about their sex lives as a "heavy-handed" response to the tragedy.
The head of the inquiry into the Soham murders today criticised plans to grill under 18s about their sex lives as a "heavy-handed" response to the tragedy.
www.infothis.com /find/Soham_murders   (1234 words)

  
 Soham murders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Huntley, who also used his mother's maiden name of Nixon, was the caretaker at the local secondary school, Soham Village College, at the time of the murders.
However, he claimed that Holly Wells accidentally fell in the bath and drowned and that Jessica Chapman was then so distressed that he had to restrain her to stop her screaming, but accidentally did this so forcefully that she too died.
The inquiry was announced on December 18 2003, and Sir Michael Bichard was appointed as the chair.
www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/s/so/soham_murders.html   (885 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
SOHAM murderer Ian Huntley was today told he will not be considered for release from prison until he is nearly 70.
SOHAM murderer Ian Huntley was attacked with boiling water by another inmate, prison sources...
SOHAM double murderer Ian Huntley should remain in prison for the rest of his life, according to a...
news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=513&id=244072004   (449 words)

  
 Weekly Worker 445 Thursday August 29 2002
The publicity regarding the Soham murders was also, I feel, partially an issue of class and race.
The media invasion of Soham, along with the large financial rewards offered by the tabloids for information, caused extra grief to the girls’ families and must have affected the other residents of the town.
Thankfully the girls’ families have expressed the wish for the funerals to be strictly private affairs and have asked both the media and the public not to attend.
www.cpgb.org.uk /worker/445/soham.html   (1223 words)

  
 [Top News: The evil that resides somewhere near home]
Crimes such as that which has torn through Soham, which set the stench of sulfurous evil wafting through the land, have always occurred and, regrettably, always will.
Fred and Rosemary West carried on their murder spree for years, surrounded by neighbours and relatives who never guessed.
The awful crimes of Soham remind us that evil doesn't lurk amid strangers, or elsewhere, or exhibit signs that are readily spotted.
mpelembe.mappibiz.com /archives_02/soham_murders2.html   (1054 words)

  
 SOHAM MURDERS FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Soham murders were the murders by Ian_Huntley of two ten-year-old girls (Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman) in Soham, a small town in Cambridgeshire, England, on August_4, 2002.
The inquiry was announced on December_18 2003, and Sir Michael Bichard was appointed as the chair.
Another complication was that two of the Cambridgeshire police officers involved with the families of the murdered girls had become_Operation_Ore suspects a month before the murders.
www.witwik.com /Soham_murders   (1312 words)

  
 Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The tragic story of the murders in Soham in 2002 is an emotive one, and a story which captured the imagination of not just the United Kingdom.
That is, in a murder investigation, you know very early on who did it — as Miss Marple does; she gets them all in her library and tells them who did it.
Had the murders we're talking about today not happened in Cambridgeshire, but in West Midlands, in Birmingham, or in London, it would have been much easier, because the resources are much easier to mobilise and organise and so on.
www.dartcenter.org /europe/articles/news_events/frontline_soham_transcript.html   (7079 words)

  
 Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were murdered by their school caretaker Ian Huntley, who was jailed for life in December 2003.
The group discussed lessons that might be learned from the story — with many noting how this murder was the first of its kind to be covered in Britain in an era of 24-hour, wall-to-wall and live news.
How warm and supportive the local community in Soham had been towards journalists while the search for the girls continued, but how suddenly and dramatically that had switched to hostility once their bodies were discovered.
www.dartcenter.org /europe/articles/news_events/frontline_soham.html   (544 words)

  
 NZOOM - ONE News - World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A British school caretaker was charged on Tuesday with the murder of two 10-year-old girls in a case that has shocked the nation and sparked calls to bring back the death penalty.
Holly and Jessica vanished from the rural town of Soham in Cambridgeshire, eastern England, on August 4, prompting one of Britain's biggest manhunts.
Mourners lit 1,000 candles at St Andrew's Church in Soham which has become a shrine to the girls with a mass of floral tributes, notes and teddy bears left outside.
onenews.nzoom.com /onenews_detail/0,1227,125563-1-9,00.html   (380 words)

  
 Banner of Truth Trust General Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A particularly barbaric murder of two ten-year old girls in a small town called Soham 30 miles away from Cambridge has gripped the attention of the British Isles.
Yet despite their expression of "sadness" and "distress" at the Soham murders, there is no sign that Britain's political elite, with the honourable exception of Ann Widdecombe, are even prepared to debate the issue.
All true liberals and humanitarians should be calling for its restoration so that the punishment inflicted for grave crimes like the Soham murders "adequately reflect the revulsion felt by the great majority of citizens for them".
www.banneroftruth.org /pages/articles/article_detail.php?171   (774 words)

  
 BreakingNews.ie: Soham murders: Trial begins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Carr, 26, a former classroom assistant at the girls’ primary school in Soham, Cambridgeshire, denies one charge of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and two charges of assisting an offender.
He reminded the jury again that the case involving the alleged murder of two 10-year-olds was “by definition distressing”.
And he said that maps and plans of Soham would be an important part of the case, adding that the geography of the market town was very important.
www.breakingnews.ie /story.asp?j=1802790&p=y8xz8x5&n=1802882&x=&fs=2   (1182 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | UK | Huntley guilty of Soham murders
One investigation resulted in a charge, in May 1998, but the case never came to court as the CPS was not hopeful of a conviction and dropped the case.
She had claimed to be with him in Soham, but in fact had been in Grimsby with a 17-year-old rugby player with whom she was having an affair.
The vicar of Soham, Rev Tim Alban Jones, was among community leaders who said the town would be relieved that a verdict had been reached.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/3312551.stm   (1023 words)

  
 NZOOM - ONE News - World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A British school caretaker and his girlfriend arrested over the murders of 10-year-old schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman have both been placed on suicide watch, newspapers have reported.
Ian Huntley, 28, who worked in the girls' home town of Soham, central England, is being held at a high-security psychiatric hospital, where he is under observation in case he tries to kill himself, papers said.
Meanwhile, in Soham's churchyard, at least 10,000 floral bouquets had been placed in memory of the girls whose tragic case has gripped Britain.
onenews.nzoom.com /onenews_detail/0,1227,126138-1-9,00.html   (468 words)

  
 Trial News: Soham Murders
It is less profoundly shocking than the Bulger case because the murderers, whoever they are, don't seem to have been children.
The chances of a child being murdered by a stranger are still one in a million.
These, it seems to me, are the three major analyses of child murder - the rightwing moralist one, the feminist-socialist one and the liberal one.
mpelembe.mappibiz.com /archives_02/soham_murders.html   (1116 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Special report: the Soham murder trial
November 25: The head of the inquiry into how Soham murderer Ian Huntley slipped through child protection checks today demanded that the government detail the steps it is taking to prevent a repeat of the tragedy.
December 10: Ian Huntley, the man accused of murdering Soham schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, is guilty of their manslaughter, his defence told the Old Bailey today.
December 2: Ian Huntley today lost his temper in the witness box at his Old Bailey murder trial as he was accused of holding Holly Wells under the water in his bath and watching her drown.
www.guardian.co.uk /soham/0,14010,1073385,00.html   (1267 words)

  
 DriverHeaven.net - Children 'want chatrooms closed'
It found their main worries were drugs, abduction, bullying but cases such as the Soham murders caused anxiety.
The study, which carried out by discussing the issues with the youngsters in 25 consultation groups, found the Soham murder case was fresh in many children's minds.
The Soham Murders are fresh in many adult minds as well of those of children.
www.driverheaven.net /showthread.php?t=50696   (454 words)

  
 Soham inquiry says "great deal" still needs to be done
The head of the inquiry set up following the murders of two young schoolgirls in Soham has said that "a great deal" still needs to be done to implement his most important recommendations.
Sir Michael Bichard said that "good progress" had been made, but called upon the government to ensure that a national intelligence system and a registration — or barring- scheme for those working with children is delivered by 2007.
The independent Bichard inquiry was originally set up following the conviction of school caretaker Ian Huntley for the murders of Soham schoolgirls, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, both aged 10.
www.4ni.co.uk /nationalnews.asp?id=38593   (550 words)

  
 spiked-liberties | Column | After Soham: taking liberties
Sir Michael Bichard's damning criticisms of the role played by Humberside Police in failing to identify Soham murderer Ian Huntley as a potential threat to children have led to calls for Westwood's head to roll; Westwood has refused to resign, claiming that he wants to stay on to implement the reforms proposed by Bichard.
The girls' murder, in the summer of 2002, horrified the nation; and as the subsequent trial unfolded, the catalogue of errors, incompetence and obstructive PR stunts evident in the police investigation appalled us again.
Until the conclusion of the Soham trial in December, Huntley had never been convicted of any sex offence.' He had been suspected and accused of several crimes, but 'in a free society, the weight of allegations does not equal guilt' (3).
www.spiked-online.com /Articles/0000000CA5A8.htm   (1566 words)

  
 Spy Blog: Electronic Tags and Implants Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Jessica's prepaid Vodafone Nokia mobile phone was switched off or had run out of battery power at 18:46 BST on the Sunday when the girls disappeared, 16 minutes after their last sighting on a CCTV system at the local sports centre and only 31 minutes after she and Holly left the Wells house.
This shows that the time date stamp "evidence" of CCTV footage needs to be scrutinised forensically, if it is to be used in a serious criminal trial, even more so it is used in a case where there is a chance that it could have been deliberately edited or tampered with.
Huntley and Carr were arrested within just 2 weeks of the girls' murders, so Mobile Phone Communications Data Retention of everyone in the UK, or of only the people in Cambridgshire, or of just the inhabitants of the village of Soham, would not have helped with the investigation and would be completely disproportionate.
www.spy.org.uk /spyblog/archives/cat_electronic_tags_and_implants_.html   (1776 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | England | Calls for inquiry into Soham coverage
Conservative MP Michael Fabricant has said he is concerned about some of the reports published after caretaker Ian Huntley was charged with murder and his girlfriend, Maxine Carr, with attempting to pervert the course of justice.
In Soham itself, the vicar of the church which became a focal point for people's grief has asked for the community to be left to grieve in peace.
The Reverend Tim Alban Jones of St Andrew's Church in Soham said the people of Soham were "very grateful" for the public support and sympathy shown to them.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/2217081.stm   (680 words)

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