'Remorseless' rapist who owned tanning salon jailed for 26 years
The Guardian
|October 22, 2025
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 he lured with offers of free treatment.
Ricky Stubberfield, 31, attacked seven women over an 11-year period between 2013 and 2024, with some of the assaults taking place at the Essex Smiles salon on Mutley Plain, where he was the co-owner and manager.
Stubberfield contacted women on Instagram and offered free treatment in exchange for promoting his business, but when they attended their appointments he made sexual advances and assaulted them. Other offences were carried out in a variety of locations around Plymouth.
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