Sex offender Richard Huckle stabbed to death at Full Sutton Prison

A British man jailed for numerous sex crimes against Malaysian children has been found stabbed to death in prison. Richard Huckle, 33, from Ashford, Kent, abused as many as 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. It is understood he was attacked on Sunday in his cell at Full Sutton Prison, near York, with what was described as a makeshift knife.

source: Article 'Paedophile Richard Huckle stabbed to death at Full Sutton Prison'; www.bbc.com/news/uk-50042406; BBC News; 14 October 2019