Ms Maxine Carr, the partner of Mr Ian Huntley who was earlier charged with the murder of British schoolgirls, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman has been charged with perverting the course of justice. Ms Carr will appear before a court in Peterborough tomorrow morning to formally hear the charges against her. Cambridgeshire police confirmed tonight that Mr Huntley will not appear before the court to face the murder charges .
He was transferred earlier today from his police cell to Rampton hospital in Nottinghamshire on the advice of a psychiatrist concerned at his fitness to be interviewed over the murder of the girls.
The girls' parents were informed in advance of the decision to charge Mr Huntley.
They are still waiting to hear how their daughters died after a postmortem examination proved inconclusive.
The bodies of the best friends were found by walkers at a Suffolk beauty spot on Saturday, almost two weeks after they vanished from Soham wearing identical Manchester United football shirts.
Mr Huntley was charged at about 5 p.m. by two Cambridgeshire detectives who drove to Rampton.
Psychiatrists have up to 28 days to assess Huntley but can apply for further extensions up to six months or more.