Ian Huntley's daughter has said she feels relief following the Soham killer's death, insisting he does not deserve a funeral and that his ashes should be 'flushed down the toilet'. Samantha Bryan said the man who murdered ten-year-old schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2002 should not be given the dignity of a burial.
Huntley died aged 52 after suffering catastrophic injuries during a violent assault inside HMP Frankland in County Durham. The attack left him with severe head injuries and in a coma before his life support was eventually withdrawn in hospital. Durham Police said they are continuing to investigate the assault, which took place in a prison workshop on February 26.
Speaking about Huntley's death, Samantha said he did not deserve any form of memorial. She told The Sun: 'He shouldn't have the dignity of a funeral and grave. I will not be going. A funeral is pointless for a man like him.' She also said she feared that a grave could attract people who might try to glorify the killer.
Her mother Katie Bryan echoed the sentiment, saying Huntley did not deserve a burial. She said: 'I just cannot get out of my head what he did to Holly and Jessica and how he left them in a ditch. For that reason why should he be given the dignity of a grave?'
Samantha, now 27, is Huntley's only child. She only discovered Huntley was her biological father when she was 14 after spotting a pixelated photograph of herself online connected to the case. She later wrote to him in prison several times asking to meet him and get answers about his crimes, but he refused to see her.
