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29/08/02
- Maxine Carr appears in court via video link
The woman charged in connection with the murder of Holly
Wells and Jessica Chapman has appeared in court via
a video link. Maxine Carr, 25, is charged with attempting
to pervert the course of justice.
She was remanded in custody for one month and is due
appear at Peterborough Crown Court on September 27.
There was no application for bail by her legal team.
The former teaching assistant sat quietly waiting for
the proceedings to start before answering questions
via the link at Peterborough Crown Court.
Carr, dressed in a black top bearing a Daffy Duck motif,
could be seen flanked by a prison officer as she sat
in Holloway Prison, north London, where she is being
held in custody pending her trial.
She appeared distressed through much of the hearing
and on more than one occasion buried her face in her
hands and shook her head.
Judge Nicholas Coleman reminded journalists of the provisions
of contempt of court legislation and said it was in
everyone's interest to ensure Carr had a fair trial.
Carr is a former teaching assistant in Holly and Jessica's
class at St Andrew's Primary School in Soham.
Her partner, caretaker Ian Huntley, who lived with Carr
in Soham, is accused of the girls' murder. The 28-year-old
is being held at a high security hospital under the
terms of mental health legislation and has not yet appeared
in court.
The decision for Carr not to appear in person was made
in a bid to avoid a repeat of aggressive scenes last
week. A crowd of about 500 gathered outside Peterborough
Magistrates Court when she made her first court appearance.
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