Soham murderer Ian Huntley is close to death after being taken off life support following an attack in prison, the BBC understands.

Soham double murderer Ian Huntley has died in hospital after being attacked in the workshop of a maximum security prison.

The criminal, who was a school caretaker found guilty of murdering two ten-year-old girls, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, in 2002, was attacked with a metal bar by a fellow inmate in a maximum secur...