Twenty years after her release from prison under a new identity, Maxine Carr has rebuilt her life in a seaside town, while her former boyfriend Ian Huntley remains in prison and is reportedly fighting for his life after a severe assault.
Carr was jailed for providing a false alibi for Huntley on 4 August 2002, the night he murdered 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in Soham, Cambridgeshire. She claimed she was at home with him but was actually in Grimsby. Carr served half of her three-and-a-half-year sentence for perverting the course of justice and was freed in 2004 with a new identity.
Since her release, Carr has been moved to more than 10 safe houses and, by 2012, was in a serious relationship with a partner described as 'absolutely besotted' with her. She is believed to have given birth to a son in 2011 and now lives in a seaside town, protected by a permanent anonymity order granted by the High Court.
Meanwhile, Huntley, 52, was airlifted to hospital after being attacked by another prisoner at HMP Frankland in County Durham. A source told The Sun: 'It was absolute chaos and Huntley was in a terrible state.' This is not the first time Huntley has been assaulted during his sentence.
Huntley was convicted of murder and given two life sentences with a minimum tariff of 40 years. Carr and Huntley are thought to have had no contact since their trial, during which they turned on each other.
