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One of Britain's worst paedophiles died after allegedly being strangled with a guitar string in his Yorkshire prison cell before having condoms stuffed down his throat.

Richard Huckle, who was serving life for abusing up to 200 Malaysian children, was found dead at Full Sutton prison in East Yorkshire on October 13 last year.

It is thought the 33-year-old was stabbed with a 'makeshift blade' in his cell but now GrimsbyLive reports that a source has told The Sun Online: "He wasn’t just stabbed. He was strangled with a guitar string."

It is also alleged that he had biros and condoms shoved down his throat.

Humberside Police confirmed an investigation shortly after Huckle was found and last week the force confirmed a 29-year-old man had been arrested in connection with the death.

A file has been submitted to prosecutors for consideration.

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The force's statement said: "A 29-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a man at HMP Full Sutton on October 13, 2019.

"A file has been submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and we are awaiting their decision regarding charges."

The force's October statement said: "An investigation has been launched following an incident at HMP Full Sutton on Sunday, October 13.

"We were called shortly after 12.30pm 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 pleaded guilty to 71 counts of sex abuse against 191 children over nine years, some as young as six months old.

He was given 22 life sentences at the Old Bailey in 2016 for an unprecedented number of offences against children between six months and 12 years.

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The freelance photographer and gap year teacher, from Ashford in Kent, awarded himself 'pedopoints' for different acts of abuse against 191 youngsters, and sold images of his depravity on the dark web.

In online posts, Huckle bragged that it was easier to target impoverished children in Malaysia than those from wealthy Western backgrounds.

Commenting on one of his victims, he boasted:

"I'd hit the jackpot, a three-year-old girl as loyal to me as my dog and nobody seemed to care."

At the time of his arrest, he was writing a guide to teach fellow paedophiles how to abuse children and avoid detection.

Huckle was stopped at Gatwick Airport en route to spend Christmas with his family in 2014 after Australian authorities tipped off the UK's National Crime Agency.

Officers seized Huckle's encrypted laptop and managed to uncover more than 20,000 indecent pictures and videos although there were other files they were unable to crack.

Huckle was born into a middle-class, church-going family in Ashford in May 1986. He told police he had an 'ordinary upbringing'.

He was a pupil at the Harvey Grammar School and later South Kent College. He was also regular worshipper at Ashford Baptist Church and attended a congregation in London.

He was described by all who met and knew him as a 'quiet man'. Those who went to school with him said he was 'a bit of a loner, but nothing out of the ordinary'.

Reverend Rob Sylvester, minister of Ashford Baptist Church, said: ''Huckle was never a significant figure within the church, irrespective of the crimes he committed, he never possessed the personal skills to warrant any role with either young people or adults."

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