Richard Huckle, a paedophile convicted of preying on at least 23 children in Kuala Lumpur, has been stabbed to death in a UK prison.

According to BBC, he was attacked in his cell at Full Sutton Prison in York.

Huckle was in 2016 handed 22 life sentences after he admitted to 71 charges of sexually abusing children aged between six months to 12 years old between 2006 and 2014.

He was accused of preying on up to 200 children, 23 of whom are children from poor communities in Kuala Lumpur based on the charges.

Huckle had worked at local churches and charities while in Malaysia which he used to gain access to vulnerable children.

He had shared photographs and videos of his abuses on the dark web, similar to a black market in real life which requires special access.

Huckle was arrested in 2014 by Britain's National Crime Agency after a tip-off from the Australian police.

Malaysia appeared to have been in the dark when the matter became public with the then attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali stating that he was seeking more information from the UK.