Daily Mail - 13.08.2019

Daily Mail, Tuesday, August 13, 2019 Page 15

Red faced, Green whose man-free

Cabinet only included white MPs

Horse girl

horror

Soham killer

Huntley ‘has

transgender

jail girlfriend

called Luna’

SOHAM killer Ian Huntley is in a

relationship with a transgen-

der prisoner, it is claimed.

The 45-year-old is understood

to spend a lot of time with the

inmate known as ‘Luna’.

Huntley, who murdered ten-

year-old schoolgirls Holly Wells

and Jessica Chapman, is serving

a double life sentence at Fran-

kland jail in County Durham.

The prison is not currently

investigating as it has no evi-

dence the relationship is roman-

tic or sexual, it is understood.

But there have been claims

Luna is referred to as Huntley’s

‘girlfriend’ and that they spend

time together inside his cell.

A prison source told The Sun:

‘Luna wears make-up, dresses

in female clothes and identifies

as a woman. She is likely to end

up in a women’s prison, which

will upset Huntley. Everyone

calls Luna Huntley’s “girlfriend”

and they spend a lot of time

together, including in his cell.’

Generally, inmates are placed

in same-sex prisons according

to their legal gender. Excep-

tions can be made by a panel.

Huntley killed Holly and Jes-

sica in Soham, Cambridgeshire,

where he was a school care-

taker, in 2002, dumping their

bodies in a ditch. He took part in

the search for the girls – even

being interviewed on TV. He was

convicted in December 2003.

The Ministry of Justice said:

‘We don’t comment on individ-

ual prisoners.’

By Jemma Buckley

Crime Correspondent

AN ARMY captain’s

daughter with a bright

future in eventing has

died after falling from her

horse at the family farm.

Iona Sclater, 15, was an

‘exceptionally talented’

rider and had been longlis-

ted to represent Britain at

a competition this week.

But on Sunday, the teenager

is understood to have fallen

while practising at her home

in the Cambridgeshire village

of Abington Pigotts.

Paramedics who arrived by

air and road were unable to

save her after her family

dialled 999 at about 11.30am,

and she died at the scene.

She leaves behind her father

Charles, a former British

Army captain, mother Hetty,

thought to be a former event-

ing rider, and her two younger

sisters Lara and Alicia.

Eventing sees riders com-

pete in dressage, cross-coun-

try and show-jumping.

Writing online five days

ago, Iona posted a photo of

herself with horse ‘Swatchy’

at Frickley Park horse trials in

South Yorkshire. She cap-

tioned it: ‘Find me someone

who looks at me the way

Swatchy does.’

Tributes yesterday poured

in for Iona, as devastated

friends described her as ‘the

most delightful, talented and

personable young lady’ with a

‘very bright future’.

A friend wrote on Facebook:

‘Sincere condolences to Iona’s

family and friends. Such a

tragic loss of a beautiful girl

with her life in front of her.’

With the 2019 European

eventing championships

set to take place in Strzegom,

Poland, from Thursday, the

friend added: ‘RIP Iona,

your friends will carry

you with them in Poland

this week.’

Another wrote: ‘I had

the pleasure of knowing Iona

through her family and the

Pony Club. She was so much

fun, always smiling.’

One said: ‘Oh my dear god!!

I can’t believe what I’m read-

ing! Iona Sclater you were the

most delightful, talented and

personable young lady I know

body for eventing said: ‘Brit-

ish Eventing was devastated

to receive the news that

one of our young members

and bright stars in the sport,

Iona Sclater, sadly died in

a riding accident at home.

Iona was an exceptionally tal-

ented and dedicated young

event rider.’

The organisation said she

had amassed 33 top-ten

results and represented the

Eastern region four times at

the under-18 British champi-

onships. She came second in

the pony trial at Weston Park

and fourth at Lincolnshire tri-

als in April, both on her pony

Foxtown Cufflynx.

Most recently, Iona won the

BE100u18 – a British event-

ing competition for under-

18s – at Stratford Hills, Col-

chester, in June, riding

Foxtown Cufflynx. She also

claimed the win at a compe-

tition at Aston le Walls,

Northamptonshire, in May

riding Machno Excalibur.

A spokesman for East of

England Ambulance Service

said: ‘An ambulance, two

hazardous area response

team vehicles, a rapid

response vehicle and East

Anglian air ambulance were

called to Abington Pigotts

shortly after 11.30am on Sun-

day, following reports of a

child injured in a fall from a

horse. Sadly, despite the

best efforts of all involved, the

girl died at the scene.’

By Jim Norton

‘Absolutely

devastated’

AS the country’s only Green MP,

Caroline Lucas came up with an

inevitably very right-on proposal

to see off a No Deal Brexit – an

all-female Cabinet.

But the Brighton MP was given a some-

what painful lesson in political correct-

ness yesterday when forced to apologise

for her list of women after it was pointed

out that everyone on it was white.

Miss Lucas had urged ten high-profile

women cross-party politicians to come

together in a Cabinet of national unity.

Writing in The Guardian – of course – she

said it could ‘bring a different perspec-

tive’ and force a no-confidence vote in

Boris Johnson to prevent No Deal. But

she apologised yesterday, admitting she

was ‘wrong to overlook’ her ‘women of

colour colleagues’.

She wrote on Facebook: ‘An all-white

list of women isn’t right. I should have

reached out further and thought more

deeply about who, and what kind of poli-

tics, an all-white list represents. I apolo-

gise.’ She added: ‘There are women of

colour colleagues who are standing up to

this Government’s reckless gamble with

Britain’s future, and it was wrong to

overlook them.’

Miss Lucas had suggested the Cabinet

could include Labour’s Emily Thornberry,

Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson, and

former Tory minister Justine Greening.

Her plan was also rejected yesterday by

politicians invited to join, and others who

weren’t. International Trade Secretary

Liz Truss, who wasn’t, tweeted: ‘Is there

anything more sexist than claiming your

gender determines your worldview/

behaviour/ attitude?’

And Labour MP Clive Lewis asked:

‘Where are the BAME [black, Asian and

minority ethnic] women politicians?’

By Claire Ellicott

Political Correspondent

Bright star: Iona

Sclater died while

practising at her

family’s farm

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with a very bright future

ahead of you. I’m absolutely

devastated.’ Several of the

girl’s close ancestors and rela-

tives appear in the online

database of British aristoc-

racy, thepeerage.com.

Her grandfather, Lieuten-

ant-Commander Edward Guy

Lutley Sclater, became a

farmer after serving in the

Royal Navy and owns the land

where Iona died.

Her parents, both 48, have

been directors of their own

firm, The Infrastructure Net-

work, since 2010, according to

Companies House.

In a statement, the national

‘Exceptionally talented’

15-year-old poised to

represent her country

dies in riding accident