[78], One murder that was linked to Sutcliffe in the book, that of Alison Morris in Ramsey, Essex, on 1 September 1979, took place only six and a half hours before his known killing of Barbara Leach in Bradford, over 200mi (320km) away. [71] In 1969, Sutcliffe, described in the Byford Report as an "otherwise unremarkable young man", came to the notice of police on two occasions over incidents with prostitutes. Tyre tracks left near the murder scene resulted in a long list of possible suspect vehicles. The 5 note, hidden in a secret compartment in Jordan's handbag, was traced to branches of the Midland Bank in Shipley and Bingley. The identification and subsequent capture of the man labelled 'The Yorkshire Ripper' by the media was actually quite fortuitous. Two of Sutcliffe's murders took place in Manchester; all the others were in West Yorkshire. On 10 January 1983, he followed Sutcliffe into the recess of F2, the hospital wing at Parkhurst, and plunged a broken coffee jar twice into the left side of Sutcliffe's face, creating four wounds requiring thirty stitches. Sue MacGregor discussed the investigation with John Domaille, who later became assistant chief constable of West Yorkshire Police; Andy Laptew, who was a junior detective who interviewed Sutcliffe; Elaine Benson, who worked in the incident room and interviewed suspects; David Zackrisson, who investigated the "Wearside Jack" tape and letters in Sunderland; and Christa Ackroyd, a local journalist in Halifax. You have made your point. The attacks took place across Leeds, Bradford, Manchester, Huddersfield and Halifax, which meant officers were thrown off the scent of a serial killer being to blame. Cat is Cosmopolitan UK's features editor covering women's issues, health and current affairs. [18] The following is a summary of Sutcliffe's confirmed crimes: Sutcliffe's thirteen known murder victims were Wilma McCann (Leeds 1975), Emily Jackson (Leeds 1976), Irene Richardson (Leeds 1977), Patricia "Tina" Atkinson (Bradford 1977), Jayne MacDonald (Leeds 1977), Jean Jordan (Manchester 1977), Yvonne Pearson (Bradford 1978), Helen Rytka (Huddersfield 1978), Vera Millward (Manchester 1978), Josephine Whitaker (Halifax 1979), Barbara Leach (Bradford 1979), Marguerite Walls (Leeds 1980) and Jacqueline Hill (Leeds 1980). He also attacked three other women, who survived: Uphadya Bandara in Leeds on 24 September 1980; Maureen Lea (known as Mo),[42] an art student attacked in the grounds of Leeds University on 25 October 1980; and 16-year-old Theresa Sykes, attacked in Huddersfield on the night of 5 November 1980. At his trial he pleaded not guilty to murder on grounds of diminished responsibility, but he was convicted of murder on a majority verdict. Over five years, as more women were mutilated and killed, the clues that pointed to Peter Sutcliffe grew within that vast pile of evidence. [26] She later said, "I've been afraid to go out much because I feel people are staring and pointing at me. Peter William Sutcliffe (2 June 1946 - 13 November 2020), also known as Peter Coonan and dubbed in press reports as the Yorkshire Ripper (an allusion to Jack the Ripper) was an English serial killer who was convicted of murdering thirteen women and attempting to murder seven others between 1975 and 1980. An index card was created on the basis of the letter and a policewoman found Sutcliffe already had three existing index cards in the records. [86] Although a hammer was not used, Sutcliffe also often used a knife to stab his victims. Although broadcast over two weeks, two episodes were shown consecutively each week. 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He left this position when he was asked to go on the road as a salesman. No one felt safe - and every man was a suspect. It resulted in Sutcliffe being at liberty for more than a month when he might conceivably have been in custody. [2]:92 In a confession, Sutcliffe said he had realised the new 5 note he had given her was traceable. [72][69] The report said that it was clear Sutcliffe had on at least one occasion attacked a Bradford prostitute with a cosh. [138], On 26 August 2016, the police investigation was the subject of BBC Radio 4's The Reunion. Over the next day, he calmly described his many attacks. Book Description "Ripper Notes: The Legend Continues" looks at the enduring mystery of the Jack the Ripper murders with essays covering the myths from the past that still survive today as well as the way modern enthusiasts keep the case alive. Although Sutcliffe was interviewed about it, he was not investigated further (he was contacted and disregarded by the Ripper Squad on several further occasions). I have the greatest respect for you George, but Lord! [99][92], Other forces across Britain also investigated links between Sutcliffe and unsolved murders in their force area. Again he was interrupted and left his victim badly injured but alive. I see you're having no luck catching me. After an attack with a pen by fellow inmate Ian Kay on 10 March 1997, Sutcliffe lost the vision in his left eye, and his right eye was severely damaged. And how did he die? The man who hoaxed detectives by claiming to be the Yorkshire Ripper has died, police have confirmed. Police were able to trace the note back to the bank, which consequently narrowed their search down to around 8,000 people. [85] In 2022, ITV broadcast a documentary based on Clark and Tate's book which discussed links between Wilkinson's murder and Sutcliffe. [29] An extensive inquiry, involving 150 officers of the West Yorkshire Police and 11,000 interviews, failed to find the culprit. [111] Kay admitted trying to kill Sutcliffe and was ordered to be detained in a secure mental hospital without limit of time. Name: Peter Sutcliffe. His 200-strong ripper squad eventually carried out more than 130,000 interviews, visited more than 23,000 homes and checked 150,000 cars. Given that Sutcliffe was a lorry driver, it was theorised that he had been in Denmark and Sweden, making use of the ferry across the Oresund Strait. On 17 June 1979, Humble sent a cassette to Assistant Chief Constable Oldfield, where he introduced himself only under the name "Jack" and claimed responsibility for the Ripper murders to that point. Police analysis of bank operations allowed them to narrow their field of inquiry to 8,000 employees who could have received it in their wage packet. Give yourself up before another innocent woman dies". Cosmopolitan UK's current issue is out now and you can SUBSCRIBE HERE. In 1977, the cops finally caught their first break when they found a five-pound banknote in the purse of one of his victims Jean Jordan, a prostitute he mutilated and murdered. Apart from a terrorist outrage, it is difficult to conceive of circumstances in which one man could account for so many victims. [13] Her photofit bore a strong resemblance to Sutcliffe, like other survivors, and she provided a good description of his car, which had been seen in red-light districts. The problem with TikToks Bold Glamour filter, Who has Dua Lipa dated? Sutcliffe was interviewed nine times,[56] but all information the police had about the case was stored in paper form, making cross-referencing difficult, compounded by television appeals for information which generated thousands more documents. I see you are still having no luck catching me. [94][95][92] The murder of Hila McAuley could also be definitively proven not to have been committed by Sutcliffe as on the same night she was killed he murdered Jean Jordan in Manchester. [107] He began his sentence at HM Prison Parkhurst on 22 May 1981. He was caught in January 1981 when police found him in his car . [112] In 2003, it was reported that Sutcliffe had developed diabetes. The 74-year-old had been serving a life term for murdering 13 women across. Sutcliffe said he had heard voices that ordered him to kill prostitutes while working as a gravedigger, which he claimed originated from the headstone of a Polish man, Bronisaw Zapolski,[47] and that the voices were that of God. Her body was found three days later beneath railway arches in Garrards timber-yard to which he had driven her. In January 1981, Peter was jailed after police caught him with a 24-year-old prostitute called Olivia Reivers. [6] Since his conviction in 1981 Sutcliffe has been linked to a number of other unsolved murders and attacks. In April 1980, Peter Sutcliffe was arrested for drink driving. On January 2, 1981, the police pulled Sutcliffe over with a young woman in his car. [108] In March 1984, Sutcliffe was sent to Broadmoor Hospital, under Section 47 of the Mental Health Act 1983.[109]. Sign up to our newsletter to get more articles like this delivered straight to your inbox. [92] South Yorkshire Police also interviewed Sutcliffe on the murder of Ann Marie Harold in Mexborough in 1980, but links to him were later disproved in December 1982 when another man was convicted of her murder. A Netflix documentary, The Ripper, looks at Peter Sutcliffe's horrific crimes. Police visited Sutcliffe's home the next day, as the woman he had attacked had noted Birdsall's vehicle registration plate. He was interviewed by police nine times, his car was spotted 60 times in red light districts where the Ripper prowled for victims. This inquiry also looked at the killings of two prostitutes in southern Sweden in 1980. Two months after that, on 26 June, he murdered 16-year-old Jayne MacDonald in Chapeltown. Video, 00:01:18 The hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper. [19], Sutcliffe is also known to have attacked eleven other women:[20] a woman of unknown name (Bradford 1969), Anna Rogulskyj (Keighley 1975), Olive Smelt (Halifax 1975), Tracy Browne (Silsden 1975), Marcella Claxton (Leeds 1976), Maureen Long (Bradford 1977) Marilyn Moore (Leeds 1977), Ann Rooney (Leeds 1979)[21] Upadhya Bandara (Leeds 1980), Mo Lea (Leeds 1980) and Theresa Sykes (Huddersfield 1980). [98] Investigators had taken DNA from Sutcliffe at Broadmoor Hospital in December 1997, in order to see if they could find links between him and unsolved crimes. Eleven marches in various towns across the United Kingdom took place on the night of 12 November 1977. Based on the recorded message, police began searching for a man with a Wearside accent, which linguists narrowed down to the Castletown area of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. [113], Sutcliffe's father died in 2004 and was cremated. Wilma McCann's son Richard, who was just five-years-old at the time of his mother's murder, said the serial killer's death would bring "some kind of closure" for himself and the other family members of his victims. [91] Sinclair also happens to be the prime suspect in the murders of Kenny, McAuley and Cooney, but detectives felt they did not have enough evidence to charge him before his death in prison in 2019. Between November 1971 and April 1973, Sutcliffe worked at the Baird Television factory on a packaging line. Peter Sutcliffe was sitting inside the vehicle with a sex worker, and instantly came to the officers' attention because he fit the description of the Yorkshire Ripper. Two local police officers on the night shift chanced upon the couple parked in this . In February 1975, he took redundancy and used half of the 400 pay-off to train as a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) driver. Leeds was the epicentre of Ripper activity, with six murders and five attacks in the city. Serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, known as the Yorkshire Ripper, has died in hospital after contracting Covid-19. . In August 1979 a prostitute, 32-year-old Wendy Jenkins, was killed in Bristol, and Avon and Somerset Police liaised with West Yorkshire Police about whether there was any potential links to the "Ripper" killing spree. [69], This letter was marked "Priority No. [119][120] Mr Justice Mitting stated: This was a campaign of murder which terrorised the population of a large part of Yorkshire for several years. He was interrupted and fled, leaving her for dead. By Grace Newton 28th Mar 2019,. Sutcliffe murdered 13 women and attempted to . Learn how and when to remove this template message, List of unsolved murders in the United Kingdom (1970s), World's End murders of Helen Scott and Christine Eadie, This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper, List of serial killers by number of victims, "The Yorkshire Ripper files: Why Chapeltown in Leeds was the 'hunting ground' of Peter Sutcliffe", "The Yorkshire Ripper files review a stunningly mishandled manhunt", "Sir Lawrence Byford: Yorkshire Ripper report author dies", "Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe 'was never mentally ill' claims detective who hunted him", "Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe's brother describes disturbing childhood growing up with notorious serial killer", "Who is the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe? When two policemen in Sheffield walked past a brown Rover in January 1981, and noticed the car's registration plate did not match the number on the tax disc, they stopped the man at the wheel. [92] Barbara Mayo was already ruled out as a Peter Sutcliffe victim by police in 1997, and the DNA sample in her murder case has not been linked by police to that of Weedon or Stratford, showing the murders were committed by different people. The group and other feminists had criticised the police for victim-blaming, especially for the suggestion that women should remain indoors at night. [40] Humble died on 30 July 2019, aged 63.[41]. [b] The investigation used it as a point of elimination rather than a line of enquiry and allowed Sutcliffe to avoid scrutiny, as he did not fit the profile of the sender of the tape or letters. Was the Yorkshire Ripper Caught? When she got out of the car to urinate, he hit her from behind with a hammer. While he was awaiting trial, he murdered two more women (Marguerite Walls and Jacqueline. [46] At his trial, he pleaded not guilty to thirteen charges of murder, but guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. Sutcliffe was charged with multiple counts of murder, and was found guilty at a trial in the Old Bailey later that year. [50][51], The trial lasted two weeks, and despite the efforts of his counsel James Chadwin QC, Sutcliffe was found guilty of murder on all counts and was sentenced to twenty concurrent sentences of life imprisonment. Shipley. [52] The jury rejected the evidence of four psychiatrists that Sutcliffe had paranoid schizophrenia, possibly influenced by the evidence of a prison officer who heard him say to his wife that if he convinced people he was mad then he might get ten years in a "loony bin". Sutcliffe spent thirty years at Broadmoor Hospital before being moved to HMP Frankland in County Durham four years ago 2016. It wasn't until January 1981, three months after his final attack on 20-year-old Jacqueline Hill in Leeds, that police caught up with Sutcliffe. [94][92] In 2007 a man was tried for the murder of Elizabeth McCabe after a 1 in 40 million DNA match was found between his DNA and samples found on the victim's clothing, but he was found not guilty by a majority verdict at the conclusion of the trial. Despite being found sane at his trial, Sutcliffe was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. It was on . [43] On 25 November 1980, Trevor Birdsall, an associate of Sutcliffe and the unwitting getaway driver as Sutcliffe fled his first documented assault in 1969, reported him to the police as a suspect. Ripper Notes Author: Dan Norder Publisher: Inklings Press ISBN: 0978911229 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 110 Get Book. [34]:188, The trial judge said Sutcliffe was beyond redemption, and hoped he would never leave prison. Namibia and Iceland caught in jaws of fish scandal. [90] One of these was Fred Craven, a bookkeeper murdered with a hammer on the same street Sutcliffe lived on in Bingley in 1966, and whose daughter Sutcliffe was known to have approached and been rejected by. [14] On 5 March 1976, Sutcliffe was dismissed for the theft of used tyres. Sutcliffe's wife obtained a separation from him around 1989 and a divorce in July 1994. The murderer continued, going untraced over the next five years despite murdering 12 more women and attempting to kill seven others. Peter Sutcliffe, the man also known as the Yorkshire Ripper after he murdered 13 women in the north of England throughout the 70s and 80s, died of coronavirus last month at the age of 74. [80] Sutcliffe was familiar with the estate where she was murdered and was known to have regularly frequented the area; in February 1977, only months before the murder, he was reported to police for acting suspiciously on the street Wilkinson lived. Owing to the sensational nature of the case, the police handled an exceptional amount of information, some of it misleading (including hoax correspondence purporting to be from the "Ripper"). [13] Because of this occupation, he developed a macabre sense of humour. Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, who murdered 13 women and attacked seven others between 1975 and 1980 across West Yorkshire, plus two in Greater Manchester. . 7.1/10. Sutcliffe said he had followed a prostitute into a garage and hit her over the head with a stone in a sock. Peter Sutcliffe died in hospital aged 74 in . During his imprisonment, Sutcliffe was noted to show "particular anxiety" at mentions of Wilkinson due to the possible unsoundness of Steel's conviction. On 23 March 2010, the Secretary of State for Justice, Jack Straw, was questioned by Julie Kirkbride, Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Bromsgrove, in the House of Commons seeking reassurance for a constituent, a victim of Sutcliffe, that he would remain in prison. The hoaxer case was re-opened in 2005, and DNA taken from envelopes was entered into the national database, in which it matched that of John Samuel Humble, an unemployed alcoholic and long-time resident of the Ford Estate in Sunderland a few miles from Castletown whose DNA had been taken following a drunk and disorderly offence in 2001. [9][pageneeded], The first victim to be killed by Sutcliffe was Wilma McCann on 30 October. [83], In 2003, Steel's conviction was quashed after it was found that his low IQ and mental capabilities made him a vulnerable interviewee, discrediting his supposed "confession" and confirming Yallop's long-standing suspicions that he had been wrongly convicted. During a strip search, officers noticed that Sutcliffe was wearing elbow padding, as well as an upside-down V-neck jumper under his trousers, exposing his genitals. In 2001, Angus Sinclair was convicted of the murder of Mary Gallagher on DNA evidence, and he was also convicted of the World's End murders in 2014 in a highly publicised trial. How and where was the Yorkshire Ripper caught? [5] The report led to changes to investigative procedures that were adopted across UK police forces. [48][49], Sutcliffe pleaded guilty to seven charges of attempted murder. Sutcliffe died from diabetes-related complications in hospital, while in prison custody on 13 November 2020, at the age of 74. It was pure luck. [2]:112 Sutcliffe said of Rytka while in police custody in 1981: "I had the urge to kill any woman. [104] The Home Office responded by stating that it would send any new evidence to the police. [141], A play written by Olivia Hirst and David Byrne, The Incident Room, premiered at Pleasance as part of the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. A new Netflix series, The Ripper, uses archive footage from the 1970s to show detectives in West Yorkshire . [130] West Yorkshire Police later stated that it was "absolutely certain" that Sutcliffe had never been in Sweden. [101][92] However, several aspects of the attack did not fit Sutcliffe's MO, particularly as she hit been hit from the front and had been the victim of a robbery. In the series she questions whether the attitude of both the police and society towards women prevented Sutcliffe from being caught sooner. An application by Sutcliffe for a minimum term to be set, offering the possibility of parole after that date if it were thought safe to release him, was heard by the High Court on 16 July 2010. [101][92] For many years Sutcliffe was linked in the press to the murder of 42-year-old Marion Spence in Leeds on 10 June 1979, but a man had in fact been convicted of her murder in January 1980. Peter Sutcliffe is an infamous English serial killer, who was also known as the 'Yorkshire Ripper.' He was convicted for the murder of 13 prostitutes and attempt to kill seven more women. In April 1980, Sutcliffe was arrested for drunk driving. Paul Wilson, a convicted robber, asked to borrow a videotape before attempting to strangle Sutcliffe with the cable from a pair of stereo headphones. He is confirmed to have brutally murdered 13 women between 1975 and 1980 before he was stopped. The prosecution intended to accept Sutcliffe's plea after four psychiatrists diagnosed him with paranoid schizophrenia, but the trial judge, Justice Sir Leslie Boreham, demanded an unusually detailed explanation of the prosecution reasoning. [86][87] Within yards of her home she was stabbed randomly by a man with dark hair and a beard, and there was no clear motive. The hoaxer, dubbed "Wearside Jack", sent two letters to police and the Daily Mirror in March 1978 boasting of his crimes. [122] Sutcliffe spent the rest of his life in custody. [54], West Yorkshire Police was criticised for being inadequately prepared for an investigation on this scale. Aside from difficulties in storing and accessing the paperwork (the floor of the incident room was reinforced with concrete pillars to cope with the weight of the paper), it was difficult for officers to overcome the information overload of such a large manual system. [2]:71, Sutcliffe reportedly hired prostitutes as a young man, and it has been speculated that he had a bad experience during which he was conned out of money by a prostitute and her pimp. This included interviews with some of the victims, their family, police and journalists who covered the case. When Sutcliffe returned, he was out of breath, as if he had been running; he told Birdsall to drive off quickly. [2]:36. [37], On 14 December, Sutcliffe attacked Marilyn Moore, another prostitute from Leeds. [5] This drew condemnation from the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP), who protested outside the Old Bailey. [66][34][67] Jim Hobson, a senior West Yorkshire detective, told a press conference in October 1979 the perpetrator: "has made it clear that he hates prostitutes.

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