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British paedophile to be sentenced for Malaysia abuses on Monday: judge

Published: 03 Jun 2016 - 02:59 pm | Last Updated: 10 Nov 2021 - 02:11 pm
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Law Hong Soon, (C) deputy chief of criminal investigation in the Royal Malaysian Police, speaks during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on June 3, 2016. Confessed British child sex-abuser Richard Huckle took Malaysian children with him to church and regularly roamed the impoverished Kuala Lumpur neighbourhood where he lived, snapping pictures of children, those who knew him said on June 3. AFP / MOHD RASFAN

 

London: Confessed British child sex-abuser Richard Huckle, who preyed on poor children in an impoverished Kuala Lumpur neighbourhood, will be sentenced on Monday, judge Peter Rook told the court on Friday.

The sentencing for the serial paedophile had been expected later on Friday but the judge said he wanted to consider mitigating factors put before him by Huckle's lawyers, notably a letter of remorse.

AFP