Ian Huntley’s ex-girlfriend Maxine Carr has reportedly been enjoying a taxpayer-funded Christmas. Carr has been protected by the state since being released from prison for providing Huntley with a false alibi over the 2002 murder of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.
![[Ian Huntley, 28, who is being questioned by detectives Friday August 16, 2002, about the disappearance of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman. Mr Huntley, the caretaker at Soham Village College, and his partner Maxine Carr, 25, a teaching assistant in Holly and Jessica's class at St Andrews Primary School in Soham until the end of last term, had agreed with police to give witness statements and are at police stations elsewhere in the county.]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_48188642-6df2.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Since being freed and given lifelong anonymity in 2004, Carr has reportedly demanded that taxpayers buy her a Santa outfit and help pay for her Christmas party. She allegedly said she needed the cash to make her festive season ‘happy and stress-free’ and deserves it from the state because it has a ‘duty of care’.
![[Mandatory Credit: Photo by Geoff Robinson/Shutterstock (388306p) MAXINE CARR POLICE TAKING IAN HUNTLEY AND MAXINE CARR FOR QUESTIONING ABOUT THE DISAPPEARANCE OF HOLLY WELLS AND JESSICA CHAPMAN, SOHAM, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, BRITAIN - 16 AUG 2002]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_128309641-8e97-e1735226265111.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
The bill reportedly ran to at least £500 to cover food, drink, a microwave, Christmas decorations and gifts for her ‘family, friends and boyfriends’. This comes on top of the round-the-clock police protection – which has reportedly cost millions – she has received since being released.
The public has also funded £8,000 worth of dental work and a range of plastic surgery – including a boob job – to change her appearance. In 2008 it was reported that the former teaching assistant was given a £1,000 Christmas ‘bonus’. Carr was jailed for lying to police on August 4, 2002, when asked about Huntley’s whereabouts when the two missing schoolgirls disappeared.
She claimed she had been at home and in the bath when the 10-year-olds had stopped outside their property, provided by the school where Huntley worked, to speak with him. In reality, she had been miles away from Soham, Cambridgeshire, in her hometown of Grimsby.
