John Humble Yorkshire Ripper
In one of criminal historys cruellest hoaxes john humble tricked police into believing the.
John humble yorkshire ripper. Despite 25 million police man hours expended. John humble from sunderland sent the police fake tapes claiming to be the serial killer. In october 2005 john humble a retired builder was convicted of being the yorkshire ripper hoaxer known as wearside jack. The yorkshire ripper was helped to kill by a stranger he never met and who lived 100 miles away.
John robins the current chief constable of west yorkshire police has apologised for the language tone and terminology used by senior officers at the time in relation to peter sutcliffes. The police mistakes that allowed peter sutcliffe to kill three more women. The sick fantasist behind the yorkshire ripper hoax has died aged 63 after drinking himself to death. A hoaxer helped the yorkshire ripper carry out his twisted killing spree from 100 miles away.
Humble who was jailed for eight years after his dna was linked to the letters died in 2019. John humble hoodwinked police into thinking the killer was a man named wearside jack with a gruff. Humble sent a taped message spoken in a wearside accent and three letters taunting the authorities for failing to catch him. Wearside jack is the nickname given to john samuel humble 8 january 1956 30 july 2019 an englishman who pretended to be the yorkshire ripper in a hoax audio recording and several letters in the period 19781979.
The hunt for the yorkshire ripper became the biggest manhunt britain had ever known but it was dogged by police blunders and the wearside jack hoax.