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| Soham killer Ian Huntley has been found unconscious in his cell at Wakefield Prison after taking a suspected overdose, the Prison Service has said. | Soham killer Ian Huntley has been found unconscious in his cell at Wakefield Prison after taking a suspected overdose, the Prison Service has said. |
| He was discovered in the early hours of Tuesday morning and prison staff resuscitated him, a spokeswoman said. | He was discovered in the early hours of Tuesday morning and prison staff resuscitated him, a spokeswoman said. |
| The killer, who has taken an overdose before, is now under heavy sedation at an unnamed hospital, she added. | The killer, who has taken an overdose before, is now under heavy sedation at an unnamed hospital, she added. |
| Huntley, 32, received two life terms for the 2002 murders of Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells in Soham, Cambs. | Huntley, 32, received two life terms for the 2002 murders of Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells in Soham, Cambs. |
| While awaiting trial for the murder of the two 10-year-old schoolgirls, the former school caretaker saved up 29 anti-depressant pills in a box of teabags and was found suffering a fit on the floor of his cell at Woodhill Prison, near Milton Keynes. | |
| 'Unacceptable situation' | |
| An official report into the previous suicide attempt uncovered a number of "serious systems failures". | An official report into the previous suicide attempt uncovered a number of "serious systems failures". |
| The 2003 report criticised management and staff briefings which were "not robust enough" but it did not recommend disciplining individual officers. | |
| Then Home Office minister Paul Goggins said the internal report revealed a "completely unacceptable situation". | |
| The minister said at the time: "Procedures for dispensing medication to Mr Huntley fell well short of acceptable standards." | |
| The system officers used to search Huntley's belongings was "predictable" and "did not include the items stored outside of his cell", added the internal Prison Service report. | |
| The document made 15 recommendations, including a review of the jail's cell search strategy and an independent review of security intelligence in the prison, including CCTV. | |
| 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. |