Maxine Carr's reviled ex-partner Ian Huntley is played by Scott Reid who films scenes for new drama - Daily Mail

Scott Reid has been pictured as the murderer Ian Huntley on the set of the Channel 5 show, Maxine, on-location at a school in Ireland, with approximately 40 extras, many of them police and media.

Filming has begun on the chilling Channel 5 three-part miniseries, Maxine, documenting the Soham murders investigation through the eyes of killer Ian Huntley's fiancée Maxine Carr. ?

Actor: Scott Reid (left) has been pictured as the murderer Ian Huntley on the set of the Channel 5 show, Maxine, on-location at a school in Ireland, with approximately 40 extras, many of them police and media (Real-life Ian is pictured in 2002, right).

Actress Jemma Carlton looked eerily similar to former teaching assistant Carr as she filmed scenes in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland on Tuesday - 20 years after the murders of schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, both aged 10. .

School caretaker Huntley - then 28 - had lured the girls to his house and murdered them before dumping their bodies and burning their clothes. .

Dog-lovers: Two female police officers broke character as they flashed beaming smiles towards the pooch.

She was dubbed 'The Most Hated Woman In Britain' following the trial , which saw Huntley admit to killing the children, but claiming their deaths were accidental.

School caretaker Huntley - then 28 - had lured the girls to his house and murdered them before dumping their bodies and burning their clothes.

Channel 5 said in a statement about the drama: 'Maxine will examine the investigation of school assistant Maxine Carr and her caretaker fiancé Ian Huntley, who was later imprisoned for the double murder of schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, the tragic case that shocked the nation.

Sebastian Cardwell, Deputy Chief Content Officer UK, at Paramount, said: 'The series marks a new venture into the true crime genre for Channel 5 drama and will give viewers an in depth examination of Maxine Carr and her role in one of the most notorious crimes in recent British history.' .

We will explore this within the drama alongside the role played by Maxine Carr – dubbed 'The Most Hated Woman in Britain.'    .

During a two-week appeal to find the girls, Huntley gave TV interviews and joined in searches while his then-girlfriend Carr gave him a false alibi.

Notorious: Actress Jemma Carlton looked eerily similar to former teaching assistant Carr (pictured R in 2002)  as she filmed scenes in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland on Tuesday.

Final photo: Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were murdered by Ian Huntley on August 4 2002 (pictured two hours before their disappearance).

During his trial, he said that he had 'killed the girls accidentally' but later admitted the killing in leaked tapes from prison

‘And I am sorry for what I have done, sorry for the pain I have caused to the families and friends of Holly and Jessica, for the pain I have caused my family and friends, and for the pain I have caused the community of Soham

A recent Channel 5 documentary - Soham: The Murder of Holly & Jessica - saw Sharon Gilbert, a former Special Constable with Cambridgeshire Police, reveal how Ian approached her and asked 'how long does DNA evidence last?' before joking about killing her just days before he was arrested for the murders.  

 Sharon said: 'The atmosphere in Soham was very solemn, there wasn't very many people walking around, there were lots of police vehicles all over the place, lots of press parked at the end of the street

'On Wednesday afternoon we were tasked to go to Soham college, and Ian Huntley approached the vehicle and lounged over the hinge section of the door

'At one point he said the school was locked up, he'd locked it, but he wasn't sure if it would stay locked because the previous caretaker had left in dubious circumstances and had a second set of keys and it was a possibility he'd been in and out

A few days later, Sharon woke up to the news Huntley and Carr had been arrested

Tragedy: Police found the girls' burned Manchester United shirts in a bin at Soham College where Huntley worked

'The police issued a timeline of sightings, and they said Ian Huntley had seen the girls - although they didn't say he was the last person to see the girls,' he explained

'I remember asking Maxine whether at school they'd done stranger danger and if they'd be told to not get into car and she said they had

'I asked her from your knowledge of Holly and Jessica how would they react if someone said "get in the car"

'Before she had the chance to answer, Ian answered and said "Holly would  probably get in and be quiet but Jessica would fight and be mad"

He said he and Maxine had been out  for a walk with their dog and he had got wet - he had got a hose out with soap and that's when the girls came along

'They asked how Miss Carr [a teaching assistant at their school] was - I asked four or five times what they said

Huntley had been given an alibi by his girlfriend Maxine Carr - but it was later revealed she was in Grimsby visiting her mother

Sky News presenter Jeremy Thompson also spoke to the programme, revealing how he interviewed Carr and was struck by how she was talking about Holly and Jessica in past tense.