Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: A crowdfunded paedophile has been locked up behind the bars and is facing charges of sexual abuse and rape of minor children, as young as six-months old.
According to a report in the Mirror, the accused identified as Richard Huckle, 30, was allegedly financed by his friends who had also crowdfunded the rape of a three-year-old girl multiple times.
During the trial, the court heard that Huckle used to target slums and orphanages in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. He would often disguise himself as an English teacher and would sexually abuse minor children.
Huckle has also been accused of forcing minors to indulge in sexual acts while he filmed the entire act, which he would later share with his audience on the social platform.
The accused would often share the X-rated videos on the 'dark web' which his audience would access through a special internet connection.
While making the sexual content available to other paedophiles, Huckle would often boast about it by writing things such as “hitting the jackpot” with a three-year-old girl, who he said was “loyal as my dog and nobody seems to care”.
While sharing one of the child abuse videos online, he captioned it, “You can probably tell from her expression that she wasn’t best pleased but that’s a small price to pay when nobody else is interested in celebrating your birthday.”
Huckle, originally a resident of Ashford, Kent, was nabbed by the Australian police while they were investigating a child abuse case after receiving a tip-off from the Britain’s National Crime Agency.
Huckle is undergoing trial at the Old Bailey court which began on Wednesday. If convicted, he would face sentencing for up to 71 crimes, 22 of which are serious offences that could land him up to maximum time in jail.
