Richard Huckle
Richard Huckle | |
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Huckle's mugshot | |
| Born | Richard William Huckle 14 May 1986 |
| Died | 13 October 2019 (aged 33) HMP Full Sutton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Cause of death | Stab wound to the brain |
| Education | The Harvey Grammar School, South Kent College, Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University College |
| Criminal charges | Convicted of 71 counts of serious sexual assault against children ranging from 6 months to 12 years old. The charges include:
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| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment (minimum term of 25 years) |
| Criminal status | Deceased |
Richard William Huckle (14 May 1986 – 13 October 2019) was an English serial child rapist. He was arrested by Britain's National Crime Agency in 2014 after a tip-off from Task Force Argos and convicted in 2016 of 71 charges of sexual offences against children, committed while he served as a Christian missionary and a freelance photographer in Malaysia.
The enormity of the charges against him has resulted in his being described by the press as Britain's most depraved paedophile. On 6 June 2016, he was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 25 years before he would be eligible for parole.
On 13 October 2019, Huckle was subjected to a prolonged torture murder in which he was tied up, beaten, strangled, sexually assaulted, and repeatedly stabbed; a blade was also lodged in his brain via the nose. On 13 January 2020, a fellow inmate, 29-year-old Paul Fitzgerald, was charged with Huckle's murder. Fitzgerald, who had several previous convictions for violent and sexual offences, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 34 years on 24 November 2020.