The Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe
He left school at 15 and worked a series of odd jobs.
The yorkshire ripper peter sutcliffe. Peter william sutcliffe who also used the surname coonan was born on june 2 1946 in west yorkshire according to the byford report. Sutcliffe 74 was serving 20 life terms at frankland prison in county. Nicknamed the yorkshire ripper by the uk press sutcliffe.
Peter sutcliffe the serial killer known as the yorkshire ripper has died in hospital a prison service spokesman said. London the british serial killer known as the yorkshire ripper died friday reviving unsettling memories of a killing spree that bred fear across northern england in the late 1970s. Yorkshire ripper peter sutcliffe with beard is shown leaving court under heavy police guard after giving evidence after which james castello a fellow inmate in parkhurst jail attacked him.
On 22 may 1981 sutcliffe was convicted of murdering 13 women and attempting to murder seven others.