>>48331064>On 13 October 2019, Huckle was foundstrangledand stabbed to death in his cell atFull Suttonprison in East Yorkshire, aged 33. It was reported that he was beaten, stabbed and strangled repeatedly. Another prisoner was charged with his murder in January 2020.>After a trial lasting four days Paul Fitzgerald, himself serving an indeterminate sentence for serious sexual assault, was found guilty of Huckle's murder on 23 November 2020 by a jury after only one hour of deliberation.>During the trial further details of Huckle's violent murder were revealed with it being made public that Huckle had his hands and feet bound before being gagged, strangled using electrical cable,raped, having his jaw broken, having a kitchen utensil inserted into his anus, and then having a pen with a blade attached inserted into his brain via the nose.The attack was described by the prosecution as "a prolonged attack also designed to humiliate and degrade [Huckle]" and Fitzgerald, who was discovered by prison staff straddling Huckle's body and surrounded by a pool of blood, later admitted that he had wanted tocook and eatparts of Huckle's body following the attack.
