‘This monster defiled our kids’: Malaysia recoils in disgust as details of British paedophile’s crimes revealed
Richard Huckle pleaded guilty to 71 charges of sexual offences against 23 children aged between six months and 13 years from an impoverished Christian community in Kuala Lumpur.
A British paedophile who faces multiple life sentences for abusing Malaysian babies and young children dreamed of marrying one of his victims and becoming a foster carer so he could abuse “a cycle of children” coming through his home, a British court has been told.
Richard Huckle, 30, boasted on an online paedophile forum that he hoped to “mould” the young girl into turning a blind eye to his abuse for fear of losing her “middle-class” lifestyle.
Huckle, a freelance photographer from Ashford, Kent, has pleaded guilty to 71 charges of sexual offences against 23 identified children aged between six months and 13 years from an impoverished Christian community in Kuala Lumpur. Huckle had posed as a Christian philanthropist and teacher to gain access to children.
I’d like a cycle of children to come through staying at my house
Malaysian authorities are pressing Britain for information on Huckle’s child sex crimes, hoping to reach out to his dozens of victims and possibly launch their own investigations, police have said.
Huckle’s trial in London has stirred outrage in Malaysia as details have emerged on a string of sex attacks he committed on poor children.
Investigators found over 20,000 indecent images on his computer. He also kept a ledger of his attacks and wrote a manual called Paedophiles And Poverty: Child Lover Guide.
Ong Chin Lan, assistant director of a special division dealing with such crimes, said Malaysian police still do not know the identities of Huckle’s victims.