British man jailed for Malaysia sex abuse
Online Desk
06 Jun 2016 07:10 AM
Briton Richard Huckle jailed for Malaysia sex abuse- BBC
British man Richard Huckle has been jailed for life by a judge at the Old Bailey after admitting 71 charges of sex abuse against children in Malaysia.
The 30-year-old from Ashford, Kent, admitted the offences against victims aged between six months and 12 years, from 2006 to 2014, BBC reported.
He was given 22 life sentences and will serve a minimum term of 23 years.
It is believed Huckle abused up to 200 children from mainly poor communities in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur.
He presented himself as a practising Christian and first visited Malaysia on a teaching gap year when he was 18 or 19. He then went on to groom children while doing voluntary work.
Sentencing Huckle, Judge Peter Rook QC said: "It is very rare indeed that a judge has to sentence sexual offending by one person on such a scale as this."
He said Huckle was consumed by and obsessed with his own sexual gratification and his "campaign of rape" was of "deep concern".
He added: "In my view, you may well harbour feelings of regret but there is no feeling of genuine remorse in this case."
