Maxine Carr was prosecuted & spent 18 months in prison for perverting the course of justice. Posters have said if Maxine Carr was prosecuted, so should Julie have been. However there are a lot of differences -
Carr gave Huntley a false alibi which she maintained for weeks. She was over a 100 miles away when Huntley committed her crime.
Carr asked Huntley not to go to the police as she may lose her teaching job. She would have maintained her false alibi for weeks, months or years unless the police found out.
Carr helped clean Huntley's property where the murders took place after the murders.
Carr helped dispose of the two bodies.
Carr said it was her idea to give a false alibi.
Carr did not approach the police to tell them the truth. The police got forensic evidence against Huntley & Carr confessed over 11 days later.
Huntley told Carr he was responsible, rather than a third person.
The police got Carr's & then Huntley's confessions. They did not need Carr to assist them as a prosecuting witness for a man pleading 'not guilty'.
Huntleys crime was spontaneous & not planned. He had not spent 18 months telling Carr of his plans & reasons. The police did not need Carr to tell the jury of this, as they did with Julie.
Huntley had confessed pre trial, rather than pleaded not guilty. All that remained to be discussed was whether it was deliberate or not. Carr could not assist them here as she was not present when the murders took place.
Carr had not told anyone else what she knew & there is no evidence she was building up to approach the police & make a confession.
Huntley did not insist Carr spent all her time with him after the murders & did not take her abroad.
Carr was interviewed on television prior to Huntley being a suspect.