Yorkshire Ripper Bbc
Yorkshire ripper killings created culture of fear bbc crime reporter recalls hunt for killer he explained that in about 2010 he had decided to let go of his anger and forgive sutcliffe.
Yorkshire ripper bbc. On 22 may 1981 sutcliffe was convicted of murdering 13 women and attempting to murder seven others. The case of the yorkshire ripper is re examined by film maker liza williams. 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.
West yorkshire police spent six years searching for the yorkshire ripper. A new three part look at the story of psychopath peter sutcliffe dubbed the yorkshire ripper this series focuses on how the flaws of the police investigation and the social attitudes of the time enabled his five year crime spree. After being arrested in 1981 sutcliffe who today died in.
The investigation was the largest ever handled by the force. Read about our approach to external linking. Thirty seven years ago this month a british lorry driver peter sutcliffe was arrested for a series of attacks on women in the north of england known as the yorkshire ripper murders.
The bbc is not responsible for the content of external sites. Richard mccann the son of sutcliffes first victim wilma spoke to bbc news after sutcliffes death was announced. The yorkshire rippers younger brother carl sutcliffe said he tried to convince his notorious older sibling peter 74 who died with coronavirus after refusing to be treated to confess.
Its a very strange unusual day mccann said. Im not celebrating it but i.