The Yorkshire Ripper
London ap 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.
The yorkshire ripper. London peter sutcliffe who was convicted of killing 13 women and attempting to murder seven others in a yearslong spree that led newspapers to call him the yorkshire ripper died on friday. Sutcliffe 74 was serving 20 life terms at frankland prison in county. The british serial killer known as the yorkshire ripper convicted of murdering 13 women and attempting to kill seven others died in the hospital friday after refusing treatment for covid 19. 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.
He was sentenced to 20 concurrent sentences of life imprisonment which were converted.