Maxine Carr is a former teaching assistant at St. Andrew’s Primary School. She was jailed for giving Huntley a false alibi after he killed 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman. Carr infamously turned on Huntley as he sat in the dock during his murder trial, describing him as “that thing in the box”.
What Happened To Maxine Carr?
They were the brutal murders that shocked the nation. Best friends Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were just 10 years old when they were murdered by school caretaker Ian Huntley in 2002 in Soham, Cambridgeshire.
Now, 20 years on, a Channel 5 drama revisits the case through the eyes of Huntley’s girlfriend, Maxine Carr. The first episode of Maxine will air on Monday, October, 10 on Channel 5 at 9 pm and will explore the horrific case that saw the two girls murdered by someone they trusted and how their killer tried to cover his tracks. You can read the full story here.
Carr lied during the investigation and told police she was at home with Huntley when Holly and Jessica disappeared when she in fact was not there.