Overview
- Ricky Stubberfield, 31, was convicted of 23 offences, including eight rapes, nine sexual assaults, four assaults by penetration, one indecent image offence and one count of exposure.
- The offending spanned 2013 to 2024 and included attacks on victims aged 16 to 27, with several assaults carried out during appointments at the Essex Smiles salon on Mutley Plain.
- Judge Robert Linford said Stubberfield poses a significant risk to the public, ordering he serve two thirds of the 26-year term before parole eligibility, followed by a six-year extended licence and lifetime entry on the sex offenders register.
- Prosecutors described a pattern of contacting women on Instagram with offers of free treatments to promote the business, then isolating them for assaults in the salon.
- Evidence included victim testimony, DNA swabs and a FaceTime recording of one incident, while victim impact statements detailed severe and lasting psychological harm.