Prison’s chilly walls aren’t chilling British killer Ian Huntley‘s chilling love. The former school caretaker convicted of murdering two ten year old girls launched a hunger strike last week to force Wakefield Prison authorities to allow a visit with his lover, convicted killer Dean Wood.
Authorities have denied Huntley’s last four requests, so now the 33-year old criminal’s upping the ante:
I have not eaten and I will not. It is the only way you take notice of me and listen to my views. I want to be able to see people in my cell, not just in the day room. I will keep on refusing meals until my regime changes.
Wakefield staffers, however, refuse to accommodate Huntley’s hunger:
Let’s hope he means it this time… He’s used to a cushy life inside. As soon as he doesn’t get his own way, he throws his toys out of the pram.
What do you want from someone who can’t control murderous urges?
But, seriously, this issue’s a bit more complicated than kid killer wants dick. Where do we draw the line on prisoner’s rights, particularly queer prisoners? They are, after all, human. Flawed, perhaps, but who isn’t?
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Prison authorities can’t stand by while Huntley kills himself. They also can’t give into his every whim. Huntley and his lover deserve to be together just like any other lover, but Huntley’s also not the most stable person:
This is Huntley’s second hunger strike since he was jailed in December 2003 for the murders of 10-year-old girls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2002, and the latest in a series of attempts to take his own life.
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He first tried to kill himself in 2003 while he was awaiting trial. The second attempt came in Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire, last September after he was told officially he would never be freed. Huntley took a cocktail of pills but doctors saved him.
Wakefield doctors are willing to keep him alive to be imprisoned, but higher authorities won’t let him chill with his man? What’s going on here?
james_boston
Are you people at queerty serious? He fucking killed two ten year old girls…he should be treated far worse than prisoners who didn’t kill, especially children. Prisoners have their civil rights stripped away, in case you forgot. The piece of shit should be tortured Abu Ghraib style every second of every minute of every day. I have sympathy for those jailed because of ridiculous drug laws not child killers. And if the asshole was jailed for killing another gay guy in a homophobic rage, you’d want to see him hang too. But I guess you think killing children is just quaint. Get a fucking grip.
John C
He should know it’s an empty threat since doctors in UK prisons force-feed life sentence prisoners who attempt hunger strikes. This has been happening with child killer Ian Brady when he’s tried to starve himself to death.
Another point: this story is from the Evening Standard, London’s chief tabloid newspaper. The UK tabloids are absolutely obsessed with Huntley and his ex-partner (who was female btw). Many of the reported stories come from unspecified “sources” (as this one does). They keep these despicable people in the headlines for years solely to sell papers. Their stories should be treated with caution as a result.
Jay_Liverpool
& I Quote You ;
“But, seriously, this issue’s a bit more complicated than kid killer wants dick. Where do we draw the line on prisoner’s rights, particularly queer prisoners? They are, after all, human. Flawed, perhaps, but who isn’t? ”
Everyone has flawes, and Ian Huntlys just so happens to be a penchant for killing two innocent 10 year old girls? What the fuck?
This is not a GAY Issue, the bastard shouldnt be allowed to breathe air, nevermind have any kind of privelages.
As John C says above, this story is probably a load of old shite anyway because the tabloids in the UK are as full of facts as a cats arsehole.