Prolific child abuser who created "paedophile guide" jailed for life for sexual abuse against children and babies

A British man who used his position as an English school teacher in Malaysia to groom families and gain access to their very young children has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to 71 child abuse offences.

Huckle, 30, was sentenced in a London court on Monday, June 7, to 22 life prison terms to be served concurrently, meaning he faces more than 23 years behind bars before a parole board can consider his release.

An investigation by the National Crime Agency's CEOP Command was launched into Richard Huckle after he was identified as the producer of indecent images on a child abuse website on the internet.

When NCA officers arrested him in 2014, they found 20,000 indecent images on his computer, 1,117 of which showed him raping and abusing children in his care. He had also created a 60 page ‘how to guide’ for other paedophiles, giving tips on how to abuse children and evade capture. This document was ready for publishing online. His behaviour included creating a ‘score card’ to rate how many children he had abused.

Huckle, from Ashford in Kent, first visited Kuala Lumpur in 2005. He took a gap year placement in a township in the city, which is not being named to protect the victims.