THE Sun has led the way in Ian Huntley attack stories.

Feb 26, 11.11am: First to report he is .

Ian Huntley, wearing a grey zipped top with a blue collar, stands with his arms crossed and looks down.The Sun has led the way in breaking exclusive stories about Ian Huntley, from when he was attacked until his deathCredit: PA:Press Association

Feb 27, 9.06pm: We tell how his mum secretly .

Feb 28, 10.02pm: tells us a is waiting for him.

March 5, 10pm: Sources confirm .

March 6, 9pm: We reveal .

March 7, 9.53am: We are first to .

‘LED THE WAY’

By , Chief Reporter

YESTERDAY I broke the news of — revealing it online on The Sun’s website at 9.53am, just an hour after it happened.

And on Thursday last week, we were the first news group to report the , posting it two hours after it happened.

I got a tip-off from a source at just before 10am on February 26.

A newspaper front page with a headline about killer Ian Huntley being bludgeoned with a metal spike in jail.The Sun’s Michael Hamilton led the way online and in print with coverage of Ian Huntley’s attackCredit: The Sun The Sun newspaper front page with the headline "HUNTLEY BLINDED", covering the story of Soham murderer Ian Huntley being blinded and unlikely to survive after a jail beating, and a secondary headline "SOHAM FIEND ‘NEAR END’".The Sun reported a series of exclusives on Huntley’s condition and was first to report his deathCredit:

I checked it with an official, who confirmed it and told me that he himself had only just found out.

We broke the story on thesun.co.uk at 11.11am.

I revealed how , 52, was “” after being .

Since then we have led the way on the story and on Friday I revealed how Huntley was blinded in the assault and was .

Then, yesterday, I got a call within half an hour of Huntley’s death.

The Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle upon Tyne with several NHS ambulances and patient transport service vans parked outside.The Sun reported how Huntley’s mum secretly visited him in hospital ahead of his deathCredit: NNP Two young girls, Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells, smiling on a swing.Huntley was serving time in jail for the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica ChapmanCredit: Rex

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