CHILD killer Ian Huntley should die in jail despite showing remorse for murdering two schoolgirls, the detective who caught him said.
And Chris Stevenson said he cannot forgive the school caretaker, who he arrested for the Soham murders almost 20 years ago.
Chris Stevenson said child killer Ian Huntley should die in jail[/caption]
Huntley murdered two schoolgirls after luring them from a family BBQ[/caption]
Huntley killed 10-year-old schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in Soham, Cambridgeshire, after luring them from a family BBQ in August 2002.
Former Detective Chief Superintendent Stevenson caught him within days of taking charge of the investigation.
He told The Times: “Should Huntley be forgiven if he says sorry? That’s a difficult question and I still haven’t got an answer.
“I’ve spoken to lots of people about it and some think he should and some think he shouldn’t. At the moment I’m in the ‘shouldn’t’ team.
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“How can you ever forgive him for doing what he did?
“Christian teaching says you should, but I personally can’t bring myself to forgive him.
“I think Huntley should spend 40 years getting up day after day after day knowing that he can’t go anywhere.
“He’s got 40 years, 40 x 365 days, to look forward to.
“When he looks back and thinks 20 years have gone and he’s still got another 20 to go, the light at the end of the tunnel must seem a long way away.
“Should he ever be released? No, no, not in my view.”
The case was the last of the detectives career. He added: “It’s there and it’s never going to go away.”
In 2018, Huntley begged for forgiveness for killing the girls and said: “I think about them every day.”
In a confession recorded behind bars and leaked to The Sun, Huntley also apologised for the immense pain he caused through his crimes.
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Last year The Sun revealed the child killer got his Covid jab in jail while millions of law-abiding citizens were waiting for theirs.
We also revealed that his liar ex-wife Maxine Car went into hiding after her new identity was exposed.
