Soham child murderer Ian Huntley has had his prison privileges restored only two months after they were downgraded for appearing to taunt the families of his victims.
The change in regime means that huntley is once again able to play Xbox, will have more money to spend in the canteen and can have longer visits, The Sun reported.
Guards stormed the killer’s cell at HMP Frankland, Durham in July following backlash over reports he had been ‘strutting around’ in a red Manchester United-style shirt.
The clothing item is significant as it was believed by authorities to be a sick reference to the matching Man Utd football kits worn by schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman at the time of their disappearance in 2002.
Huntley’s shirt even sported a white number 10 on the back – the age of his two victims.
Despite prisoners being barred from wearing football jerseys, Huntley is saeid to have ordered the top from Sports Direct, making it ‘as close to a Man Utd top as he can’.But it is understood that because Huntley was not wearing an actual football shirt, he had not broken any prison rules by wearing it.
The move was criticised by shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick who said Huntley should not be ‘swanning around’ in jail insulting the memory of his victims.
Holly Wells (right) and Jessica Chapman (left), both 10, were killed by Huntley in 2002 in a double murder which horrified the nation
school caretaker Ian Huntley (pictured), 45, was sentenced to two life terms over the murders
The Tory shadow justice secretary said the shirt should be ‘ripped off his back’ by prison guards.
Its understood framed pictures of Huntley with his former fiancée Maxine Carr – who was sentenced to 42 months in prison for helping Huntley cover his tracks by providing a false alibi – and other items including dvds were also seized.
An image of both girls wearing matching Man Utd tops was one of the last haunting images of them before their disappearance.