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| Paedophile Richard Huckle stabbed to death in Full Sutton Prison | |
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| A British man jailed for numerous sex crimes against Malaysian children has been found stabbed to death in prison. | |
| Richard Huckle, from Ashford, Kent, abused up to 200 children. | |
| In 2016, he was given 22 life sentences after admitting 71 charges of sex abuse of children aged between six months and 12 years, between 2006 and 2014. | In 2016, he was given 22 life sentences after admitting 71 charges of sex abuse of children aged between six months and 12 years, between 2006 and 2014. |
| It is understood he was attacked in his cell at Full Sutton Prison, near York, with what was described as a makeshift knife. | |
| His trial at the Old Bailey in 2016 heard that investigators who checked his computer found more than 20,000 indecent pictures and videos of his assaults. | |
| At the end of the trial, Judge Peter Rook said Huckle's sentence reflected the "public abhorrence" over his "campaign of rape". | |
| He said: "It is very rare indeed that a judge has to sentence sexual offending by one person on such a scale as this." | |
| Huckle, who had worked as a freelance photographer, was arrested at Gatwick Airport by National Crime Agency officials in December 2014. | |
| He first visited Malaysia on a teaching gap year when he was 18 or 19. He then went on to groom children while doing voluntary work. |