Maxine Carr, the most hated woman in Britain for covering up the murders committed by her boyfriend Ian Huntley, has built a new life with a taxpayer-funded identity. She now lives by the seaside with her 'besotted' husband, more than 20 years after her release from prison.
Carr was sentenced to three-and-a-half years for perverting the course of justice after providing a false alibi for Huntley on the night he killed Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in Soham, Cambridgeshire, in August 2002. She claimed she was at home, but was actually in Grimsby. At trial, she and Huntley turned against each other and have had no contact since.
Huntley died in hospital on Friday after a fellow inmate attacked him with a metal pole at HMP Frankland. He suffered skull fractures, brain damage, and a broken jaw, and was kept in a medically induced coma. Medics withdrew the ventilator after brain tests showed he was in a vegetative state. The Ministry of Justice confirmed his death at age 52.
The search for Holly and Jessica was one of the largest in UK history. Carr and Huntley participated in the hunt, with Huntley even comforting Holly's father. Carr, a teaching assistant, showed reporters a card Holly had given her, saying she would keep it for the rest of her life.
Huntley was found guilty of murder and received two life sentences with a minimum of 40 years. Carr served half of her three-and-a-half-year sentence and was released under a new identity.
