SERIAL OFFENDER CONVICTED OF DECADE-LONG SPREE OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS
2025-12-05 20:49: Ricky Stubberfield appeared at Plymouth Magistrates Court on May 27, 2025, for his first hearing.He is charged with possessing indecent images or pseudo-photographs of a child, a serious offence under UK law.
The case was listed under reference 50EL0162625.
Stubberfield did not enter a plea during the short hearing and was remanded in custody until a future court date.
The magistrates ordered the case to proceed with a committal hearing scheduled for a later date.
The defendant will have the opportunity to defend himself in that hearing.
No further details about the evidence or allegations were disclosed during the court session.
The case has raised concerns about the importance of safeguarding children and the strict legal penalties for such offences.
The court is expected to review the evidence thoroughly before deciding on any further action.
The next hearing will provide updates on the case’s progress.
--------------------------- 2025-08-01 00:05: 2025-12-05 20:49: Ricky Stubberfield appeared at Plymouth Magistrates Court on May 27, 2025, for his first hearing.
He is charged with possessing indecent images or pseudo-photographs of a child, a serious offence under UK law.
The case was listed under reference 50EL0162625.
Stubberfield did not enter a plea during the short hearing and was remanded in custody until a future court date.
The magistrates ordered the case to proceed with a committal hearing scheduled for a later date.
The defendant will have the opportunity to defend himself in that hearing.
No further details about the evidence or allegations were disclosed during the court session.
The case has raised concerns about the importance of safeguarding children and the strict legal penalties for such offences.
The court is expected to review the evidence thoroughly before deciding on any further action.
The next hearing will provide updates on the case’s progress.
--------------------------- 2025-08-01 00:05: A jury at Plymouth Crown Court has found Ricky Stubberfield, a 31-year-old man from Walnut Gardens, guilty of multiple serious sexual offenses.
The verdict includes 23 convictions out of 26 charges, encompassing numerous counts of rape and sexual assault of women and teenage girls as young as 16.
The offenses committed by Stubberfield spanned from December 23, 2013, when he was approximately 20 years old, to June 4, 2024.
Some of these crimes took place at Essex Smiles, a teeth-whitening and tanning salon on Mutley Plain, which Stubberfield was co-owner and manager of at the time.
This business has since changed ownership and relocated.
The trial revealed that victims only came forward after reading initial court reports, and the allegations included nine counts of rape, ten counts of sexual assault, five counts of assault by penetration, as well as charges of indecent exposure and making indecent images of a child.
None of the victims can be publicly identified for legal reasons.
The jury was unable to reach verdicts on three counts, which will lie on file.
The judge thanked the jury for their diligent service and ordered a pre-sentence report along with a dangerousness assessment.
Stubberfield was remanded into custody and is scheduled to be sentenced on October 21, 2025.
