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Channel 5's Maxine Carr drama warning as viewers call for show's removal

It is 20 years since the story hit the headlines

Nottingham Post

Channel 5 issue Maxine warning as viewers demand Maxine Carr drama is taken off air

Maxine Carr is the focus of new three part true crime drama Maxine, which started on Channel 5 on Monday night

Chronicle Live

Maxine review – a show about the Soham murders that is both pointless and dangerous

By focusing on Maxine Carr, this drama skates perilously close to lumping her in with her murderous lover Ian Huntley. Why isn’t it about the police failing to stop him instead?

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Channel 5 viewers 'switch off' as Soham murders drama 'makes Maxine Carr a victim'

Maxine, the Channel 5 drama about the Soham murders, aired its first episode on Monday evening with Jemma Carlton as Carr

Daily Mirror

How many episodes of Maxine are there? Channel 5 debut drama 20 years after Soham murders

Maxine, centered on the tragic events in Soham in the summer of 2002, made its debut on Channel 5 on Monday night

Chronicle Live

Channel 5’s Maxine: When’s it on and how many episodes are there?

The new drama explores Maxine Carr's relationship with convicted killer Ian Huntley

Wales Online

Channel 5's Maxine cast as Maxine Carr true crime drama begins three night run

Channel 5 will debut the first episode of their Maxine Carr drama, Maxine, in a primetime slot on Monday night

Chronicle Live

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What happened to Maxine Carr? Channel 5 debut drama about Soham murders criminal

Maxine Carr is the subject of a new Channel 5 drama simply called Maxine, which debuts on Monday night

Chronicle Live

Actress playing Maxine Carr in Soham murders drama shares 'difficult, dark' experience

Newcomer Jemma Carlton plays Carr in Channel 5’s Maxine, opposite Line of Duty actor Scott Reid as killer Ian Huntley.

Daily Record

'I wanted to play Maxine Carr - I did everything to get in head of UK's most hated woman'

Actress Jemma Carlton, who portrays Maxine Carr in an upcoming Channel 5 drama about the Soham murders, recalls filming some tough scenes being a 'really difficult and dark thing' to do

Daily Mirror

Channel 5 confirm Maxine Carr true crime drama 20 years on from Soham murders

Maxine Carr, the ex girlfriend of killer Ian Huntley is the subject of a new Channel 5 true crime drama

Chronicle Live

Inside the secret life of Maxine Carr who gave evil Ian Huntley an alibi after he killed Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman

Maxine Carr provided manipulative Ian Huntley with an alibi for the Soham murders of 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman 20 years ago. Now, she has lifelong anonymity

Irish Mirror

Maxine Carr's harrowing brag confirmed guilt in Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman murders

Police searched for Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman for almost two weeks before an accidental slip by Maxine Carr confirmed her partner, Ian Huntley, had murdered them

Daily Mirror

Maxine Carr’s secret life - toxic union with Ian Huntley, lies and anonymity

Maxine Carr gave manipulative Ian Huntley an alibi for the Soham murders of 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman 20 years ago.

Daily Record

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Daily Mirror

Evil Ian Huntley’s chilling TV interview and how he joined search for girls he murdered

Innocent Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, both aged ten, went missing during their school summer holidays 20 years ago. They had been lured by evil caretaker Ian Huntley into his home

Chronicle Live

Maxine Carr's secret life, from 'controlling' relationship with Ian Huntley to lifelong anonymity

Carr was jailed for perverting the course of justice over the murders of schoolgirls Holly and Jessica at the hands of partner Ian Huntley

Manchester Evening News

Soham murders: What happened to Holly and Jessica and where is Ian Huntley now?

Twenty years ago today, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were murdered by school caretaker Ian Huntley on their way home from buying sweets

Daily Mirror

Ian Huntley now - double life, prison attacks and whinges over jail meals

Soham murderer Ian Huntley, who killed 10-year-old girls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman two decades ago, has been attacked by fellow prisoners and 'accepted he's not getting out'

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Daily Mirror

Inside Ian Huntley’s house of horrors - which was demolished after his sentencing

The home of Ian Huntley and Maxine Carr was "very clean” with little sign of smells such as dogs or cigarettes, and smelled of lemon bleach after Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman went missing

Evening Standard

Soham Murders: Journalist recalls Ian Huntley’s suspicious answers 20 years on

A journalist who spoke to Soham murderer Ian Huntley before his arrest in 2002 has recalled the suspicious answers which spurred him to raise his concerns with police.Former caretaker Huntley killed 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman after they left a family barbecue to buy sweets in Soham, Cambridgeshire, on…

Daily Record

Maxine Carr 20 years after Soham murders as she has 'white wedding, husband and baby'

Carr, who worked as a teaching assistant at the little girls' school, was jailed for 42 months and released from Foston Hall prison in Derbyshire in May 2004 after serving half her sentence.

Daily Mirror

How Ian Huntley was finally caught - and crucial mistakes that gave him away

Twisted Ian Huntley murdered ten-year-old Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman at his home in Soham, Cambridgeshire, and then tried to cover up his evil deeds. But five crucial errors ensured he was caught

Daily Record

‘Evil monster Ian Huntley locked me in a room and demanded sex when I was just 11’

Louise Tinmurth claimed Soham killer Ian Huntley, who brutally murdered Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, once locked her in a room and demanded sex from her.

Daily Mirror

Maxine Carr 20 years after Soham - 'White wedding, motherhood and besotted husband'

Maxine Carr was granted lifetime anonymity after providing child killer Ian Huntley with an alibi for the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman

The Independent UK

Soham murders 20th anniversary: What happened to killer Ian Huntley and families of girls he killed

Bodies of 10-year-old schoolgirls found in shallow grave two weeks after they disappeared from family barbecue on 4 August 2002

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