Overview
- On Oct. 21 at Plymouth Crown Court, Ricky Stubberfield, 31, received 26 years’ imprisonment plus a six-year extended licence, must serve two-thirds before parole eligibility, and was placed on the sex offenders register for life.
- A jury earlier found him guilty of 23 offences between 2013 and 2024, including eight rapes, nine sexual assaults and four assaults by penetration, along with exposure and making an indecent image of a child.
- Prosecutors said he contacted women on Instagram with offers of free treatments to lure them to the Essex Smiles salon on Mutley Plain, where some assaults occurred, with others at locations around Plymouth.
- Evidence presented to police included a FaceTime recording that captured an assault and DNA swabs from a victim, which supported charges brought under Operation Highrock by Project Gemstone.
- Victims, aged 16 to 27 at the time, described severe, lasting harm in statements to the court, while investigators praised their courage in coming forward.