Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe dead at74

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I'm not one to wish anyone dead, but in this case, it does come with satisfaction.





Peter Sutcliffe, the serial killer known as the Yorkshire Ripper, has died in hospital, a Prison Service spokesman said.

Sutcliffe was serving 20 life terms at Frankland prison in County Durham for murdering 13 women and attempting to kill seven more in the late 1970s.



It is understood he died at University hospital of North Durham, three miles away from the prison.

Sky News reported that Sutcliffe was sent there after developing Covid-19, but is understood to have refused treatment.

The 74-year-old, who had returned to prison after being treated for a suspected heart attack two weeks ago, had gone back to hospital after testing positive for coronavirus. Sutcliffe was in ill-health, was obese and had diabetes.


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The 13 women Sutcliffe was convicted of murdering were:

Wilma McCann, 28, from Chapeltown, Leeds, who was killed in October 1975.
Emily Jackson, 42, from Morley, Leeds. Killed on 20 January 1976.
Irene Richardson, 28, from Chapeltown, Leeds. Killed on 6 February 1977.
Patricia Atkinson, 32, from Manningham, Bradford. Killed on 24 April 1977.
Jayne MacDonald, 16, from Leeds. Killed on 26 June 1977.
Jean Jordan, 21, from Manchester, who died between 30 September and 11 October 1977.
Yvonne Pearson, 22, from Bradford. Killed between 20 January and 26 March 1978.
Helen Rytka, 18, from Huddersfield. Killed on 31 January 1978.
Vera Millward, 40, from Manchester. Killed on 16 May 1978.
Josephine Whitaker, 19, from Halifax. Killed on 4 April 1979.
Barbara Leach, 20. Killed while walking in Bradford on 1 September 1979.
Marguerite Walls, 47, from Leeds. Killed on 20 August 1980.
Jacqueline Hill, 20. Found killed at Headingley on 16 November 1980.
 

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The murders and the hunt for the ripper are some of the earliest real world news stories I remember being aware of. It had so much news coverage and really preyed on my mind.

The grainy black and white photos of him which appeared on newspaper covers after he was identified scared the bejesus out of me. I had nightmares.


I remember watching some kind of reconstruction on TV shortly afterwards, and then getting creeped out every time I saw a Rover P6 (one of our neighbours had one, so I got creeped out a lot).
 

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Today I will think about his victims and their families, I won't spend much time thinking about Sutcliffe.
 

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There was talk for a very brief amount of time that he would be released. I mean WHAT. Not only did he not deserve to be, but women would be terrified.
 

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In memory of his victims - he had a roof over his head and 3 square meals a day for decades (more than a lot of people) and cost us a fortune, he wont be missed.
 

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I was interested that finally the police have acknowledged that the way they described the victims who were sex workers was utterly wrong. About time
 
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