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  1. Aug 4, 2022 · Maxine Carr was granted lifetime anonymity after providing child killer Ian Huntley with an alibi for the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.

  2. His girlfriend, Maxine Ann Carr — the girls' teaching assistant — had knowingly provided Huntley with a false alibi. She received a three-and-a-half year prison sentence for conspiring with Huntley to pervert the course of justice.

    • Who Is Maxine Carr?
    • What Happened in The Soham Murders Case?
    • What Led to Ian Huntley and Maxine Carr's Arrest?
    • What Was Maxine Carr’s Involvement in The Soham Case?
    • Did Maxine Carr Go to Prison?
    • Where Is Maxine Carr Now?

    Maxine Carr was born 'Maxine Ann Capp' on 16 February 1977 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire – she later changed her surname to Carr in an attempt distance herself from her absent father. Growing up, it's reported that Carr struggled with food and her weight, and suffered from disordered eating, as well as low confidence and shyness. She received poor grade...

    On 4 August 2002, Wells and Chapman decided to go for a wander after having a barbecue at Wells' house. The 10-year-old best friends hadn't told anyone where they were going, but Wells' mum grew concerned when she realised they had left and not returned. On their walk, the pair came into contact with Huntley who lured them into his cottage, later g...

    During the search for Wells and Chapman, Huntley alleged that he had encountered the girls on their walk, claiming that the pair had stopped on his doorstep to ask questions about Carr's recent application for a full-time position at their school. As one of the last people to see the girls alive, Huntley gave numerous interviews to the press – but ...

    When Wells and Chapman disappeared, Carr lied during the investigation by telling police that she was at home with Huntley at the time the girls vanished – although she later admitted during a police interview that she said this to fake an alibi for her boyfriend. Cracks began to appear in her cover story when she gave a TV interview in which she s...

    On 20 August 2002, Huntley was charged with two counts of murder and later, after a two month stint in a psychiatric unit and time in high security prisons, his high-profile trial commenced at the Old Bailey on 5 November 2003. Over a month later, on 17 December 2003, Huntley was found guilty by the jury and sentenced to two life terms imprisonment...

    After her release from prison, Carr moved into a safe house and was granted lifelong anonymity as well as being given a new identity. At court, her defence had argued that there was an "overwhelming case" for this move, and she is one of only four former prisoners in the UK to be protected by lifelong anonymity. The other three are Mary Bell, Rober...

  3. Feb 20, 2024 · The events leading up to their murders have been dramatised in a new Channel 5 drama series, Maxine. Starring Jemma Carlton and Scott Reid, as Huntley’s then-fiancée, Maxine Carr, and Huntley...

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  4. Oct 20, 2023 · Channel 5 drama Maxine has now landed on Netflix, causing renewed interest in the horrifying Soham murders. Two young girls, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, were murdered by school caretaker, Ian Huntley, in 2002, in a case that shook people all over the country.

  5. Aug 4, 2022 · Maxine Carr 20 years after Soham murders as she has 'white wedding, husband and baby'. Carr, who worked as a teaching assistant at the little girls' school, was jailed for 42 months and...

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