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Peter William Sutcliffe (2 June 1946 – 13 November 2020), also known as Peter Coonan, was an English serial killer who was convicted of murdering thirteen women and attempting to murder seven others between 1975 and 1980. [2]: 144 He was dubbed in press reports as the Yorkshire Ripper, an allusion to the Victorian serial killer Jack the Ripper
Peter Sutcliffe, a former grave digger, had been serving concurrent life sentences for his six-year killing spree across Yorkshire and northwest England when he died at a hospital Friday morning.
Between 1975 and 1980, Peter Sutcliffe killed 13 young women and attempted to kill seven others. His last victim, Jacqueline Hill, a 20-year-old student at Leeds University, was murdered in Leeds on 17 November 1980. Sutcliffe had been arrested for drunk-driving in April 1980.
In response, Sutcliffe replied, "I think you're leading up to it" before elaborating: "The Yorkshire Ripper ... Well, it's me. I'm glad it's all over. I would have killed that girl in the car if I hadn't been arrested." [47] Over the following seventeen hours, Sutcliffe confessed to thirteen murders and seven attempted murders.
The moment serial killer Peter Sutcliffe was finally caught by police has been reproduced in the ITV serial drama The Long Shadow. Sutcliffe, who murdered 13 women across Yorkshire over a period ...
The inquest into the death of Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe will begin on Wednesday September 22. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
On 23 February 1996, Erskine saved the life of a fellow serial killer Peter Sutcliffe. Sutcliffe was attacked in his room in Broadmoor Hospital's Henley Ward by Paul Wilson, a convicted robber, who asked to borrow a videotape before attempting to strangle him with the cable from a pair of stereo headphones.
The son of serial killer Peter Sutcliffe’s first victim has said he forgives his mother’s killer following a meeting with Desmond Tutu. Richard McCann was just five when his mother Wilma was ...