Social worker admits Huntley mistakes

A social worker today admitted failing to make a connection between several allegations of under- age sex made against Ian Huntley.

Phil Watters told an inquiry that the threat Huntley posed to young women would have been spotted before he got the caretaker's job at Soham Village College if a link had been established.

Mr Watters, who helped investigate three of the claims in 1996, said he made no connection despite the cases coming within a month of each other. The girls were aged between 13 and 15.

Mr Watters, of North East Lincolnshire social services, also admitted a " clearer picture" of Huntley would have emerged if a letter from a teacher raising concerns had been passed to police. The inquiry continues.