KUALA LUMPUR: One of Britain's worst paedophile jailed for sexually abusing Malaysian children, Richard Huckle has been found stabbed to death in a British prison. British media reported that he was believed to have been attacked in his cell at Full Sutton Prison, near York. According to AFP, multiple media outlets in Britain, citing unnamed sources, said that he had been stabbed with a makeshift knife. A Prison Service spokesman confirmed Huckle had died on Sunday. At his trial in 2016, AFP said Huckle admitted a total of 71 offences against children he had groomed while posing as a volunteer in Malaysia between 2006 and 2014.

Source: New Strait Times October 14, 2019 11:22 UTC