Peter Yorkshire Ripper
Sutcliffe 74 was serving 20 life terms at frankland prison in county.
Peter yorkshire ripper. This 1978 file photo shows peter william sutcliffe the yorkshire ripper britains prison service said today that sutcliffe died in the hospital. 5 1981 file photos shows peter william sutcliffe 35 under a blanket at right being led from dewsbury magistrates court in dewsbury by police officers. Peter sutcliffe was serving a life sentence for the killings of 13 women in yorkshire and northwest england between 1975 and. He is serving 20 concurrent sentences of life imprisonment which was increased to a whole life order in 2010.
On 22 may 1981 sutcliffe was convicted of murdering 13 women and attempting to murder seven others. The serial killer known as the yorkshire ripper has died. He was arrested on jan. Peter sutcliffe an english serial killer who was dubbed the yorkshire ripper by the press.
Peter sutcliffe the serial killer known as the yorkshire ripper has died in hospital a prison service spokesman said. 2 1981 in the english city of. Peter william sutcliffe who also used the surname coonan was born on june 2 1946 in west yorkshire according to the byford report. Peter sutcliffe one of the uks most notorious prisoners was serving a whole life term for murdering 13 women across yorkshire and the.
13 2020 britains prison service said that serial killer peter sutcliffe known as the yorkshire ripper died in the hospital. Peter william sutcliffe born 2 june 1946 also known as peter william coonan is an english serial killer who was dubbed the yorkshire ripper by the press. 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. Universal history archive getty images file.
British serial killer peter sutcliffe has died in hospital aged 74 after contracting covid 19 the uk ministry of justice said friday.