In October of 2019, prison officers at HMP Full Sutton in West Yorkshire discovered the body of a prisoner who'd been subjected to 89 minutes of torture before being strangled to death by another inmate.

The victim was 33-year-old Richard Huckle.

Dubbed by the media as "The Gap Year Paedophile", Huckle was serving a life sentence for carrying out a 9-year-long, systematic campaign of abuse against some of the world's poorest children.

Huckle documented his atrocities on the dark web, authored a how-to-guide for paedophiles, and contributed to one of the largest nonce-networks ever discovered.

This is the story of Richard Huckle and the incredible officers who brought him down.

Patreon

Order on Wellesley Books

Order on Amazon.com

Order on Amazon.co.uk

Order on Foyles

Instagram

Twitter

Website

https://www.ecpat.org.uk/news/wake-up-call-needed-over-abuse-of-children-abroad-ecpat-uk-warns

https://www.malaymail.com/malaysia/article/pmo-sets-up-task-force-to-review-child-protection-laws

https://thethunderbird.ca/2008/01/22/pedophiles-destroying-views-about-teaching-overseas/

https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/british-teacher-jailed-for-sexually-abusing-children-in-the-uae

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/04/china/david-mcmahon-us-china-shanghai-prisoner-intl-hnk/index.html

https://www.ecpat.org.uk/news/wake-up-call-needed-over-abuse-of-children-abroad-ecpat-uk-warns

https://www.the-sun.com/news/2763075/sex-attack-convict-teacher-changed-name/

https://www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/2014/dec/19/simon-harris-british-citizens-child-abuse

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/06/08/najib-heed-lessons-from-richard-huckle-case/

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/06/03/he-wasnt-a-teacher-says-british-council

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/06/03/have-laws-on-child-pornography-or-another-richard-huckle/

https://www.theweek.co.uk/73210/richard-huckle-britains-worst-paedophile-handed-22-life-sentences

https://www.nspirement.com/2021/09/13/child-sex-tourism-the-scale.html

http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/34/child-sex-tourism-us-and-them-in-a-globalized-world 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/02/richard-huckle-parents-threw-him-out-court-told

https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2017/09/284002/paedophiles-diary-richard-huckle-kept-account-his-grotesque-acts

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/paul-fitzgerald-paedophile-richard-huckle-4717343

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nBgCCLGiw8

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-54991643

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/paul-fitzgerald-murder-richard-huckle-4729347

https://news.sky.com/story/richard-huckle-prisoner-found-guilty-of-murdering-britains-worst-paedophile-12140521

https://metro.co.uk/2020/11/24/man-who-murdered-britains-worst-paedophile-laughs-as-hes-jailed-for-34-years-13650057/

https://peoplepill.com/people/richard-huckle

https://allthatsinteresting.com/richard-huckle-death

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/richard-huckle-murder-paul-fitzgerald-4732115

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/paul-fitzgerald-jailed-richard-huckle-4731528

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-55061443

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-55061443

https://www.sundayworld.com/crime/cannibal-killer-who-raped-and-murdered-paedophile-richard-huckle-committed-first-sex-offence-at-12/39813976.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRSpa_6jDrU&t=1202s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Q-N252ZNE

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/01/britains-worst-paedophile-who-targeted-poverty-stricken-children/

https://news.sky.com/story/1705161/huckle-tried-to-cash-in-on-child-abuse-pics

https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/gruesome-details-revealed-over-death-3436632

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWgruUf1NNk

https://dailyuknews.com/uk-news/prisoner-found-guilty-of-murdering-britains-worst-paedophile/

https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/psychopath-who-raped-murdered-richard-4733739

https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/prisoner-who-killed-kents-most-4715058

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10141515/richard-huckle-murder-making-of-britains-worst-paedophile/

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/innocentlooking-schoolboy-turned-britains-worst-paedophile/news-story/e7ef359a22d22f5afb5125adf9f0b87e

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zVGsKIM2_Y

https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2016/06/03/british-paedophile-met-victims-at-community-of-praise-church-source-says/1133555

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-abuse-malaysia-idUSKCN0YV061

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/uk-paedophile-who-wrote-child-lover-guide-admits-to-sex-attacks-on-malaysian-children

https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2016/06/04/report-troublemaker-uk-paedophile-wanted-to-marry-indian-girl-at-kl-welfare/1133897

https://www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/paedophile-given-23-life-sentences

https://www.sundayworld.com/crime/cannibal-killer-who-raped-and-murdered-paedophile-richard-huckle-committed-first-sex-offence-at-12/39813976.html

https://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/06/149621/huckle-never-drew-suspicion

https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/sickening-crimes-richard-huckle-how-3426139

https://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/report-convicted-paedophile-richard-huckle-030505307.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIcsqBAR1k-zKCW69HKZIbqBYFPkJe6z0fKtqH99QqEv_p1WBCfHVZAroIy2uc337Gx3kQ0-Ctwl9yaxbBVRBp1UxeuTFbgOaTV29kHspTS5e-nOE8l9dJjURgPIGcJlDi1GtvICpav29qwCV3GZKFOk3Q0YgkXGlE0o6CZ35Bnl&guccounter=2

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jul/13/shining-a-light-on-the-dark-web-how-the-police-ended-up-running-a-paedophile-site

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36435349

https://vpnoverview.com/privacy/anonymous-browsing/the-dark-web/

https://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/06/149621/huckle-never-drew-suspicion

https://abcnews.go.com/International/inside-world-cambodias-child-sex-trade-told-eyes/story?id=45990734

https://subsaga.com/bbc/documentaries/crime/2018/the-gap-year-paedophile.html

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4537502/britains-worst-paedo-richard-huckle-who-raped-kids-as-young-as-3-boasted-of-kissing-little-girl-at-sunday-school-in-sick-diaries/

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10141515/richard-huckle-murder-making-of-britains-worst-paedophile/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/7b60672a-c67f-4ed8-8bd6-28efd0506733

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36437856

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/britains-worst-paedophile-richard-huckle-8102681