British paedophile Richard Huckle was 'killed by sex offender' – reports – Sky News, Sky.com

             

The man suspected of killing one of Britain’s worst paedophiles in prison is a sex offender who once boasted that he “loved” raping women, according to reports.

Richard Huckle, known asthe “gap year paedophile”, was stabbed to death at Full Sutton prison in Yorkshire on Sunday.

Humberside Police suspect his killer was fellow inmate Paul Fitzgerald, The Sun reports.

The 29 – year-old, who was born in Northern Ireland, was reportedly handed an indeterminate sentence in 2009 for attacking a female dog-walker.

He pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit a sexual offence, according to reports.

Fitzgerald already had convictions for the indecent assault of a young girl and molesting an elderly woman, the Wakefield Express reported in 2009.

Police found writings in his room where he detailed his “love” of raping women and his “perverted sexual desires”, the local paper added.

Fitzgerald was being held in segregation last night away from other inmates while the police investigated, The Sun reported.

Humberside Police said in a statement: “An investigation has been launched following an incident at HMP Full Sutton on Sunday 13 October.

“We were called shortly after 12. 30 pm reporting that a man had died at the prison.

“Humberside Police are working closely with the prison service to investigate the death of an inmate and at this time we are treating the death as suspicious. “

Huckle, 33, was handed 22 life sentences with a minimum term of 25 years in 2016 for abusing up to 200 children.

The freelance photographer from Ashford, Kent, admitted an unprecedented number of offences against children aged between six months and 12 years from 2006 to 2014.

Huckle used religion and an English teaching qualification to gain access to children in an impoverished community in Malaysia where he raped babies, toddlers and children – some over a seven-year period.

A stream of pictures and videos of his rapes and assaults were shared with paedophiles worldwide on the dark web.

He was also working on a guide to help paedophiles abuse children and get away with it when he was arrested.