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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jamie Grierson

Serial rapist who ran Plymouth teeth-whitening salon jailed for 26 years

Ricky Stubberfield
Ricky Stubberfield offered women free treatment in exchange for promoting his business but when they attended the salon he made sexual advances and then assaulted them. Photograph: Devon and Cornwall police

A man who ran a teeth-whitening and tanning salon in Plymouth has been jailed for 26 years for a series of rapes and sexual assaults against women, including customers of his business whom he lured with offers of free treatment.

Ricky Stubberfield, 31, attacked seven victims over a period of 11 years, between 2013 and 2024, with some of the assaults taking place at the Essex Smiles salon on Mutley Plain when he was the co-owner and manager.

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