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 ...read more