The funerals of murdered schoolgirls Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells have taken place, police revealed yesterday.

They were held separately after a memorial service for the ten-year-olds at Ely Cathedral last Friday.

A service for Jessica, whose family asked for her body to be cremated, was held on Monday, and her best friend Holly was buried yesterday.

Cambridgeshire Police said the families had requested that no information should be revealed about the funerals which were "strictly private affairs".

Holly and Jessica, who both lived in Soham, vanished on August 4.

The girls' bodies were discovered near an isolated track in Wangford, Suffolk, on August 17.

* Ian Huntley, 28, has been charged with the girls' murders and is being held at a high security hospital under the Mental Health Act.

His partner, Maxine Carr, 25, has been accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice and is being held on remand in prison