Scottish comedian Frankie Boyle has been heavily criticised today after making insensitive jokes about Ian Huntley, the Soham murderer.

In a live webcast via MySpace to promote his new book, Boyle said his dream chatshow guest would be Ian Huntley, who murdered Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman – both 10 years old – in 2002.

Even the shows host, Will Chapman flinched and looked uncomfortable as Boyle said he would ask Huntley to “talk us through what happened.” Frankie added: “He’s everyone’s dream guest, you know. It’s just no-one will say it.”

Soham councillor Tony Parramint described the comments as “beyond the pale” and added: ”Soham hasn’t, and probably never will, ...read more