Britain’s ‘worst ever’ paedophile faces life in prison for abusing 200 children
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A photographer who filmed himself abusing as many as 200 children as young as six months old is facing multiple life sentences for horrific sex crimes which he posted on the ‘dark web’.
Practicing Christian Richard Huckle, 30, from Kent admitted dozens of charges – where he had preyed on poor Christian communities in Malaysia.
Huckle took in the families of his victims by posing as a respectable English teacher doing good works abroad – and boasted that a three-year-old victim was ‘as loyal as a dog’.
He also photographed himself abusing children so young they were wearing nappies – and forced children to have sex with each other.
Twenty-three children were identified in the charges – but it’s thought Huckle abused 200 youngsters.
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On paedophile forums on the ‘Dark Web’, Huckle bragged that poorer people would want someone with his ‘high status’ to care for their children.
He said: ‘Impoverished kids are definitely much, much easier to seduce than middle-class Western kids; I still plan to publish a guide on this subject.’
On one occasion he was supposed to take a five-year-old child out for her birthday but instead took her to his own home to abuse her.
He called it ‘a small price to pay if nobody else is interested in celebrating your birthday’
Twenty two of the offences he pleaded guilty to carry discetionary life sentences and 18 of these are multiple incident counts.
Practising Christian Huckle first visited Malaysia on a teaching gap year when he was 18 or 19 and went on to groom children while doing voluntary work.
He was arrested as he arrived at Gatwick Airport by National Crime Agency officials on December 19 2014 as he came home for Christmas.
They uncovered numerous indecent pictures and videos Huckle took of himself abusing the girls and boys during his visits to the Far East. In all, more than 20,000 indecent images were found on his computer.
Twenty three children from mainly poor Christian communities in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur were identified in 91 charges, although it is believed Huckle abused up to 200 young victims.
Details of the abuse can only be reported today because investigators had sought a court order allowing time to make sure the victims were safe from other sexual predators stalking the web.