Who was Richard Huckle?

Man dubbed ‘Britain's worst paedophile’ found stabbed to death in prison

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A 33-year-old British man jailed for a series of sex crimes against children in Malaysia has been found stabbed to death in prison.

Richard Huckle, from Ashford, Kent, was given 22 life sentences in 2016 after confessing to an “unprecedented and exceptional” 71 charges of sex abuse of children aged between six months and 12 years. It is believed that he had abused as many as 200 children.

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