I SHUDDER with sheer revulsion when I consider, even momentarily, the depths of terror, fear and despair those two charming schoolgirls, Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells, felt at the evil and odious hands of Ian Huntley.

It sickens me further to find that this craven coward is to attempt to sue the Prison Service because he has been attacked in jail.

This man, who I believe should have met his fate at the end of the hangman’s noose, completely and utterly deserves to live a life where he continually looks over his shoulder in fear of attack and personal harm.

He deserves no rights – he forfeited those when he perpetrated his damnable acts of violence toward the ten-year-old innocents.

Should he receive any money from legal action the country should join behind the Chapman and Wells families and sue him for their loss and take every penny from him.

While no advocate of violence, I hope the justice system he wishes to hide behind fails him and he is never safe wherever he may end his miserable days.

Colin T Mortimer, Pity Me, Durham.

IF Ian Huntley wins his case against the Prison Service for not protecting him from his fellow prisoners does that mean we can all make claims against the police for not protecting us from criminals when we are robbed, etc?

Presumably, it’s their job to protect us.

Personally, I feel he has only himself to blame by committing crimes and getting sent to prison. He should have known prisons are full of violent people who are very ingenious at making weapons and clever at getting into situations where they can use them.

Guards can’t be everywhere and there will always be moments where some are vulnerable. Of course, if they were all chained to the walls they could not do anything like this and they might not want to return again.

Tom Cooper, Durham.