Misleading images circulating online have been falsely claimed to show convicted child killer Ian Huntley on his deathbed following a reported prison attack.
The graphic photograph, widely shared by several click-driven websites and social media pages, shows a badly injured man lying in a hospital bed attached to breathing equipment and monitoring machines. Posts accompanying the image claimed it depicted Huntley after he was attacked in a prison workshop and later died when life support was switched off.
However, investigators and media observers say the image is not connected to Huntley and appears to have been either generated using artificial intelligence or taken from unrelated medical imagery.
