Carr may lose secret identity

Maxine Carr's right to anonymity was in jeopardy today after she gave a newspaper interview denying she had a pampered lifestyle.

The former girlfriend of Soham murderer Ian Huntley may have undermined her new identity by talking to the Mail on Sunday, legal experts said.

Carr, 27, provided a false alibi for Huntley over the murders of schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.

She was released from prison in May after serving half of a 42-month sentence for perverting the course of justice.

Carr's lawyers succeeded earlier this month in tightening a high court injunction which prevents reporting of her whereaboutsor new identity. But she gave the interview to deny claims that she was living in luxury.

"The next thing they will be saying is that I have my own gold-plated helicopter," she told the paper. She worked 10 hours a day for ?50 a week, she added.

Carr said that she lives in constant fear of being discovered.

"Just popping down the street for a pint of milk can be an ordeal," she said.

A Home Office spokesman said that it would be up to the High Court to decide if the injunction should continue.