Peter Sutcliffe - The Yorkshire Ripper

Peter William Sutcliffe is a British serial killer who was dubbed "The Yorkshire Ripper". On 22 May 1981, his five-year reign of terror came to an end when he was convicted and sentenced for murdering thirteen women and attacking seven others. As the seven survivors with their physical, emotional and psychological scars struggled to come to terms with their ordeals, the rest of the country celebrated that the nightmare was over. The Ripper’s family sat in court stunned. It was incomprehensible to them that the Peter Sutcliffe that they knew and loved could possibly be responsible for the heinous crimes of the Yorkshire Ripper. Sutcliffe is currently serving twenty life sentences in Broadmoor High-Security Psychiatric Hospital, and in 2010, the High Court dismissed an appeal confirming that he would serve a whole-life tariff and would never be released from incarceration. This 9,600 word study examines in detail the following aspects of this • Sutcliffe’s Early Life. • The Events Leading-up to Sutcliffe’s First Attack. • The Thirteen Fatal Attacks; how he chose his victims, how he killed them and how he disposed of their bodies. • The Seven Non-Fatal Attacks; why Sutcliffe was unable to kill these women before he was forced to leave the scene of each crime. • The Yorkshire Police Investigation. • The Wearside Jack Audio Tape. • The Ripper is caught by ‘Accident’. • Sutcliffe’s Arrest and Confession. • Sutcliffe’s Trial and Conviction. • Sutcliffe in Prison and High-Security Hospital. • The Attacks on Sutcliffe. • Sutcliffe’s Appeal for a Release Date. True Crimes Series by Andrew Alexander Levi Bellfield – The Bus Stop Stalker David Berkowitz – The Son of Sam Ted Bundy – The College Girl Killer Buono and Bianchi – The Hillside Stranglers John Christie – The 10 Rillington Place Murders Dale Cregan – The Gangland Killer Jeffrey Dahmer – The Milwaukee Cannibal Joanna Dennehy – The ‘Man-Woman’ Murderer Ruth Ellis – The Last Woman to be Hanged Kenneth Erskine – The Stockwell Strangler Stephen Griffiths – The Crossbow Cannibal John Haigh – The Acid Bath Murders Brady and Hindley – The Moors Murderers Colin Ireland – The Gay Slayer Donald Neilson – The Black Panther Dennis Nilsen – The Muswell Hill Murderer Harold Shipman – Doctor Death George Joseph Smith – Brides in the Bath Peter Sutcliffe – The Yorkshire Ripper Johann ‘Jack’ Unterweger – International Serial Killer Fred and Rose West – The House of Horrors Steve Wight – The Suffolk Strangler Aileen Wuornos – The Hitchhiker From Hell Australian Serial Killers Criminals Who Kill Female Serial Killers Lesbian Serial Killers Spree Killers Whole Life Sentences World’s Worse Serial Killers