UK News 30-08-2002 Hated Carr Sobs Through Court Video Hearing who: Murder suspect Ian Huntley`s girlfriend Maxine Carr what: Appears in court by video link where: PETERBOROUGH when: Yesterday snippet: Maxine Carr "broke down and sobbed," says The Evening Standard, as she was accused of perverting the course of justice in connection with the murders of 10 year-old Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman. The 25 year-old former teaching assistant appeared before a judge via a video link from Holloway women`s prison yesterday. Authorities used the technology because her first court hearing attracted a 500-strong crowd of angry people, hurling missiles and abuse. "Her image, a shockingly white face set against a dark-blue background, stared out of two newly installed screens in the building that normally serves as Peterborough magistrates` court but which yesterday was a crown court," says The Independent. She "frequently appeared distressed during the 30-minute hearing," says The Telegraph. "She wiped tears from her eyes, hid her face in her hands and at one point was bent double... her body shaking." "She spoke only to confirm her name, age and address and that she understood that it was a crown court hearing," says the BBC. She was arrested earlier this month with her 28 year-old boyfriend Ian Huntley, caretaker of Soham Village College, who has been charged with the murders of the girls and is currently being held at a high security hospital. [... more]

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