Yorkshire Ripper Years
Sutcliffe later admitted he assaulted the woman while searching for a prostitute who had cheated him out of a paltry sum of money.
Yorkshire ripper years. He was sentenced to 20 concurrent sentences of life imprisonment which were converted. Peter william sutcliffe 2 june 1946 13 november 2020 also known as peter william coonan was an english serial killer who was dubbed the yorkshire ripper an allusion to jack the ripper by the presson 22 may 1981 sutcliffe was convicted of murdering 13 women and attempting to murder seven others. British serial killer peter sutcliffe who was widely known as the yorkshire ripper has died in the hospital at age 74 after contracting covid 19.
After five years of intensive investigation the monster was unmasked caught by chance when driving with a young woman in sheffield in january 1981. Brought up a catholic he was a loner at school and left aged 15 to take up a string of menial jobs. Sutcliffe was born to working class parents in bingley west yorkshire in 1946.