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[Music] at 10:50 p.m. on Friday the 2nd of January 1981 her Brown rover saloon motor vehicle was parked in the driveway
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of the light trades house a steel manufacturer in Sheffield 50 minutes south of Leeds being late at night the
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area was completely deserted but it was a popular place for sex workers to take clients to police officers on patrol
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drove past the vehicle they believed that could only be there for one reason they stopped their patrol
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car next to the robot and one of the officers approached the male driver he asked the driver if it was his vehicle
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the driver replied it was he gave his name and address as John Williams 65 Dorchester Road came close rather the
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driver had a woman in the vehicle with him and the officers asked who she was the driver replied she was his
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girlfriend but couldn't give a name as he hadn't known her that long the woman gave her name is Olivia Rivas the
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officers radioed in the two names and asked for details on the registration plate of the rover
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there was no match for a man by the name of John Williams they found out that Olivia was 24 years old and a known sex
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worker they found out the plate was registered to someone by the name of Aslam Khan and it was registered to a
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completely different make and model of vehicle Olivia and the male driver were both arrested on suspicion of theft when
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they got back to the police station they learnt the male driver's name wasn't John Williams it was Peter Williams
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sotloff and this wasn't his first encounter with the police in fact his name had come up several times before in
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the Yorkshire Ripper investigation [Music] Peter Sutcliffe was born in Bingley ten
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minutes north of Bradford on the second of June 1946 his first convictions were for driving without a license when he
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was 18 he was charged with trying to steal a car he was fined and two official records with his name date of
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birth address and information about the offense were submitted to West Yorkshire
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and to London when he was 23 he was seen sitting in a car late at night in Manning room the engine was on but the
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lights were off a police officer on patrol went to speak with Sir Cliff but he took off Sutcliffe was later
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apprehended and when they searched him they found a hammer the police described this in the report
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as being equipped to steel he was photographed and that photo appeared on his record he had dark curly hair a
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beard and a mustache when Sutcliffe was 29 years old the 15th of October 1975 a tire company he worked
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for reported in to the police for stealing and when questioned he admitted he'd done it he appeared a court for the
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stealing in February 1976 Sutcliffe was a married man and lived in Bradford Sutcliffe's name came up numerous times
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in the Ripper investigation vehicles registered to him around the tracking inquiry list his name was on the list of
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241 suspects that Ridgeway came up with after all his work on the five-pound note his registration had been recorded
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in the red-light districts in numerous times but each time he was questioned and cleared as they weren't storing
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information on computers clerical errors meant that when other police went to question sir cliff they had no idea his
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name had come up previously and he had already been questioned like on the 29th of July 1979 Sutcliff
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was visited by two detectives because his car had recently been seen and recorded going through three red-light
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district areas Bradford Leeds and Manchester the detectives that visit him this day had no idea this was actually
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the fifth time Sutcliffe had been questioned during the Ripper investigation all these
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detectives knew about him was that his name was paid to suckle if he was a truck driver and his car had been
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flagged for a triple area sighting it was a Saturday afternoon and suckle if let the detectives into his front lounge
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room they were joined by his wife Sonya detective Andrew elapsed you went through the routine questions name date
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of birth what he did for a living and who he worked for when that you heard Sutcliffe say he works for one of
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the companies who had come up in the five pound note inquiry he had a really close look at him he suddenly realized
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Sutcliffe looked very similar to the photo fit Maryland Moore had provided after her attack the one describing the
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Jason King style of moustache he also noticed he had a gap in his front teeth although he didn't have a Geordie accent
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like the men on the Ripper tape what you also noted Sutcliffe Fendi's wife Sonya
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seemed a bit strange they didn't seem to have much of a reaction to any of the questions or comments made by the
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detectives when they wanted to ask him about sex workers but you did what all detectives used to do in these
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situations he asked for a glass of water which resulted most times in the wife saying she'd make tea that gave their
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detectives at least five minutes alone with the husband to ask questions without making things uncomfortable when
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lets you ask Sonya for water I went to plan she said she'd make tea giving them time alone Sutcliffe told the detectives
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he didn't have anything to do with sex workers he passed through Bradford frequently to go to work and of the red
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light area was on his way for the lead sighting he said he had taken Sonya to a nightclub and to get to the club they
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had to pass through the red light but suckle if denied ever passing through Manchester the detectives didn't
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have the times in which Sukkoth passed through each area so they couldn't ask more specific questions and that they
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couldn't confront him about being in Manchester because confrontations were prohibited during these lines of
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questioning they didn't want to break up marriages that was an order from the boss when Sonia returned she alibi'd
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Suckley for several dates that Ripper murders had occurred when asked about his blood group
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Sutcliffe said he didn't know what he was but he didn't mind providing a sample he also provided a handwriting
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sample by giving them a letter he had written to Sonya the detectives searched his car and garage but found nothing
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they spoke to sucklings boss who described him as a model worker they learned he had been to Sunderland for
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work but not on the dates the Ripper letters were sent the vehicle that had been recorded through the red-light
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areas was a Sunbeam rapier Sutcliffe had since sold that car and was now driving
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the rover saloon the detectives tracked down the new owner of Sutcliffe srei PR but again fee under nothing this 5th
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interview with Sir Cliff took two hours by the end of it that too was more suspicious of southcliffe than it was a
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bit beginning he said I had bad feelings about the men he had too many uncanny links with what we knew and the thing
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that struck me more than anything was the striking resemblance to the Marilyn more photo fit before leaving elapsed
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you and the other detective debated about arresting Sutcliffe on suspicion but in order to arrest him or even
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question him further they needed express approval from Oldfield what you did a check on Sutcliffe and found out about
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his previous convictions for stealing ties and being equipped for theft but he didn't get specific details about the
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crimes so latu has never informed Sutcliffe was found in possession of a hammer when he was arrested for being
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equipped for theft black-tea completed a report regarding the suspicions he had about suc leaf
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it was dated the second of August 1979 and in the report by saying the reporting officers are not fully
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satisfied with this men that you took the report directly to dick Holland so he'd read it straight away instead
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Hollander left it in a tray with a whole heap of other paperwork that you insisted with Holland and told him I'm
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not happy with this bloke who you have another look through it he specifically mentioned the photo fit resemblance
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Holland's answer was anybody who mentions photo fits to me will draw a uniform and do traffic for the rest of
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their service latitude let it go Holland marked the report in green ink with the
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word file because Sutcliffe's handwriting didn't match the Ripper letters Sutcliffe was interviewed for a
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sixth time only two months later the 23rd of October 79 the index cards in the incident room
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were a complete mess only four index cards existed for Sutcliffe relating to his previous five interviews one was
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missing but on those four cards to read Peter William Sutcliffe and to read William Peter Sutcliffe each one had a
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different date of birth so it seemed like it was two different people a few weeks earlier an inspector had found an
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action report from what had been suk leaves fourth interview Sutcliffe's mother and his wife Sonya had provided
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him with alibis for the murders of Jean Jordan and Vera Millwood during this fourth interview the inspector wasn't
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happy with the alibis and one at another interview with Sir Cliff so he ordered what was actually suck cliffs sixth
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interview the detectives who conducted this interview had the papers from his fourth and fifth interview but no other
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information latchees detail report he had written two months earlier that was marked file had been lost the cards from
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interviews four and five contained only bare basic information when they knocked
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on the door Sonya answered and said oh no not again she said Sutcliffe was out and they
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been questioned three times before the officers left and returned later that evening when Sutcliffe was home
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the officers are stuck lift to produce a handwriting sample due to the poor record-keeping they didn't know he had
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already provided one while one of them dictated subtly for paragraph two right Sonia said my husband is not the Ripper
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to which one of the officers replied I think he is suck live stopped writing looked at the officer then got back to
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writing again when asked about sex workers he denied he had anything to do with him he said he stayed at home with
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his wife during the evenings because being a truck driver he was often away so when he wasn't working he likes
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spending time with her if they ever went out at night it was always together when
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asked for alibis on different murder dates Suckley would ever say who is with his wife well then he couldn't remember
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once more the detectives considered him strange but they didn't go as far as writing a detailed report like that you
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they looked at his handwriting sample saw that it didn't match the Ripper letters no dude his voice didn't match
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the Ripper tape so that completed the interview filled out an index card and filed it it was only a few months later
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December 79 when Ridgeway narrowed down the list of six thousand names to two hundred and forty-one names in relation
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to who could have received the new five-pound note as part of a payroll found at Jean Jordans crime scene
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Sutcliffe was on that list of 241 names Ridgeway ordered detectives to do a search on all 241 men to see if they had
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come up before in the Ripper investigation or if they had any other relevant information about them
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Sutcliffe's name had of course come up before he'd been interviewed six times an important facts had come out in some
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of those interviews he matched the photo feed of Marilyn more his vehicle had been cited numerous times cruising red
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light areas but when detectives completed the search 18 men came back as no trace meaning they hadn't come up
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before in the investigation somehow suck LIF was on that list of eighteen men Sutcliffe was still
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interviewed about the note in total he was interviewed on a further three separate occasions these interviews
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occurred in January in February 1980 in the first interview he was noted as strange but nothing more in the second
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interview detectives inspected his truck but they found nothing in the third interview which was actually his ninth
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overall detectives had managed to dig up some of that background info on Sutcliffe and they were ordered to go
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home question him further about his vehicle sightings in the red-light areas but this time they wanted to question
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him about a Ford Corsair being cited these sightings had occurred earlier in the investigation they were also ordered
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to get a proper alibi out of him for the murder of Joseph M Whittaker the detectives met Sutcliffe at work in
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relation to his vehicle being sited in the red-light areas he said he was out with Sonia and another couple but he
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couldn't remember the other couples last names Sonya backed up this story Sutcliffe
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said that he had taken his Ford Corsair that was cited in the red light area to a car rental when detectives visited the
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wrecker there was no record of that car on the night of Josephine's murder he said he'd been home with Sonya which she
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again confirmed when they got back to the incident room the detectives said it was difficult to eliminate suck lifts
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and recommended to start afresh on him if another murder occurred the inspector though felt they'd gone as far as they
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could with the information and on the 10th of March 1980 he recommended Sutcliffe's interviews be filed with no
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further action at 11:30 p.m. on the 26th of June 1980 Sutcliffe drove erratically
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in his Rover saloon and passed two officers in many room they chased him but didn't actually stop him until he
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was already parked in his driveway they arrested him for drunk driving and took him to Bradford station they ran a
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routine check on him and found he'd been interviewed and eliminated from the Ripper investigation
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so they didn't question in any further on the 25th of November 1980 a man by the name of Trevor birds'll wrote an
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anonymous letter to the police incident room it said to whom it may concern I am
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writing to inform you that I have very good reason to believe I know the man you were looking for in the Ripper case
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it is an incident which happened within the last five years I could not give any
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date or place or any details without myself being known to the Ripper or you it is only until recently that something
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came to my notice and now a lot of things fit into place I can only tell you one or two things that fit for
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example this man has had dealings with sex workers and always had a thing about them also he is a long-distance truck
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driver collecting engineering items I'm quite sure if you check on dates you might find something his name and
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address is Peter Sutcliffe five garden lane Shipley Hayden Bradford the incident Trevor was referring to was
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annoyed on the 15th of August 1975 when he went out drinking with Sutcliffe after visiting several pubs they passed
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through booth Pen Halifax and Sutcliffe suddenly stopped the car and told Trevor he was going to talk to
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someone he returned 20 minutes later and said he'd been talking to a woman but that's
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all he said he then kept quiet Trevor found this odd and the next day he read in the newspaper about olives
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smelts attack in booth town Trevor had also been out with Sutcliffe six years earlier when he beat a woman however she
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decided not to press charges against him after sending the anonymous letter Trevor's girlfriend told him he hadn't
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given the police enough information so on the 26th of November he went to Bradford police station and
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told officers about what happened the night of olives felts attack the junior officer who saw him took notes and these
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were then forwarded to the leads into the room they were so overrun with paperwork it's not clear if these notes
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were ever looked at were acted upon with that history will now go back to where we were at the start of the
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episode the arrest for suspicion of theft with the stolen number plates in Sheffield 2nd of January 1981 the
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officers who had Sutcliffe at the police station in the interrogation room were not aware about any of these previous
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facts or dealings that suck live had with the Ripper investigation but they had a feeling something was up with him
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he had fake plates on his car he looked eerily similar to the photo fit of the Ripper
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they had displayed in the station he was from Bradford which by now that specialist team of detectives had made
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clear that's where they believed the Ripper resided and they found a piece of red and blue nylon rope when they surged
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him there was three feet long and had knots at the end and in the middle when questioned Sutcliffe said he used
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it to repair cars the officers looked at him confused how do you use this piece of rope to repair a car Sutcliffe
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couldn't answer sir cliff seemed to be extremely nervous about his situation he avoided a lot of questions and when they
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offered to call his wife to let her know where he was he gave a false telephone number one of the officers officer ring
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then took Suckley fear to his Rover and searched it ring saw that there was a hammer missing from the toolbox Sukkoth
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denied there was ever a hammer in the toolbox back inside the station there was a chart with information on the
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Yorkshire Ripper a detective approached Sutcliffe and said have you been questioned by the ripest would suck leaf
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replied everybody has been questioned they are always questioning and makes you sick Sutcliffe was shifting around
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and glancing in different directions he looked very uncomfortable officer ring then said if you are the
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Ripper why don't you admit it all you have to do is admit it are you sigh cliff started breathing heavily but
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didn't reply so ring got closer to him he placed both of his hands on Sutcliffe shoulders and said
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I think you are at 1:00 a.m. Saturday the 3rd of January 81 officer ring called the incident room at Leeds and
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talked to a sergeant there the sergeant checks up live out and found some of the previous interview
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files the sergeant said that apart from not having matching handwriting there were some details that matched up with
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the Ripper on Sutcliffe files even though he had already been eliminated from the investigation at 7:40 a.m. to
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West Yorkshire officers took Sutcliffe for further questioning they asked him routine questions about his life and
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then jumped to the reason why he was in Sheffield the previous night suck we've told them that after his drunk driving
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charge back in June the previous year he was scared of losing his job as a truck
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driver because authorities would take his license away and there was no point in trying to renew the insurance either
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so he had the idea of stealing number plates from his scrapyard after each thought the plates and put them on his
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vehicle he met three people who offered to paying ten pounds to drop them off at
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Sheffield suckle if agreed to do it and while it was in Sheffield a woman flagged him down he thought she might
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need assistance of some sort instead she offered him business to which Sutcliffe
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explained I was surprised I thought about things and realised I had 10 pounds burning a hole in my pocket and
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thought I might as well use it this girl then disappeared so I drove on and saw another girl and stopped she asked me if
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I wanted business she got in the car and told me where to drive I paid at 10 pounds I didn't want sex I just wanted
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to talk about my problems at home I didn't want sex at all they then wanted to know her suck live had sexual
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problems with his wife which he denied they asked for an alibi for the night Teresa Sikes was attacked he said he was
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at home with his wife they took another handwriting sample and took a blood sample Sutcliffe was blood group B
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non-secretor the letter writer was blood group B but a secretor banya that specialist team of detectives that were
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hand selected and brought in to assist the investigate had declared the letters and tape a hoax
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the detectives then found out that Sutcliffe vehicle had been sighted in red-light areas previously they focused
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in on the sighting in Manchester Sutcliffe had denied ever being in Manchester when he was first interviewed
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about that sighting and he stuck to that story in this interview but this time the detectives could confront him about
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it as his wife was an airy and eventually Sutcliffe said his car had broken down in Bradford and he had to
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leave it for the night so someone must have stolen his car driven to Manchester and then returned it to the same spot
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the next day the detective des stared at him and asked the obvious question how did someone steal your car if it was
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broken down sigh cliff had no answer they then got to the day Jacqueline Hill was murdered sigh cliff again said that
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he was at home with his wife Sonia the interview went until 10:00 p.m. the detective who led the questioning
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detective O'Boyle planned to see Sonia the next day he wanted to pressure her and see what he
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could come up with meanwhile officer ring who had arrested suc live at Sheffield the night before was bothered
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by something sigh cliff had said that he needed to go to the toilet before he was
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taking it so ring let him go with everything that had come to light since ring wanted to go back and check out the
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area sigh cliff had gone to the toilet when he got back to that spot he found a hammer and a knife he radioed the Leeds
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incident room and fuelled in detective O'Boyle now sigh cliff had some real questions that he had tell the next
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morning Sunday the 4th O'Boyle went to see Sutcliffe in his cell Sutcliffe had been on suicide watch or
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not they didn't want to take any chances with him Oh Boyle asked him how he slept
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and suckler said he hadn't a Boyle said neither and he or the other police because they'd been in Sheffield on i/o
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Boyle lets Sutcliffe know they'd found the hammer and the knife without coming out directly and saying it
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oh boy he will then left to let that play on suck lips mine at 10 a.m. that morning big Holland went with another
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detective to search suck Leafs house in Bradford when Sonia answered the door Holland told her the Sutcliffe was being
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held for questioning and that she would have to come with them for questioning as well inside Sutcliffe's house they
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found a set of knives in the kitchen that matched the one they found in Sheffield
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they also found a piece of rope four feet long in the bedroom into hacksaw through the entire search sonya didn't
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seem surprised or even remotely curious about what was happening at 12 p.m. that
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day the second interview took place with sockless it was conducted by detectives
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Boyle and Smith boy all been different to the one who conducted the first interview detective O'Boyle I started
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the interview with the same questions that Sutcliffe got asked in his first interview again he said his reason for
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being in Sheffield was dropping off hitchhikers Boyle told him that he was lying the only reason he was there was
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to find a sex worker and the reason why he changed his number plates was to hide
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his real identity then they had the following exchange Boyle do you understand what I'm saying I think
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you're in serious trouble Sutcliffe I think you've been leading up to it Boyle leading up to what sir cliff
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the Yorkshire Ripper Boyle what about him suck live well it's me boil our suck leaf if he wanted a lawyer
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suck live said no I don't need one I just want to tell you what I've done I'm glad it's all over I would have killed
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that girl in Sheffield if I hadn't been caught but I'd like to tell my wife myself I don't want her to hear it from
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anyone else it's her I'm thinking about in my family I'm not bothered about myself
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Sutcliffe admitted to hiding the hammer in the knife in Sheffield he said it was
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hoping he'd be released after the first lot of questioning so he could go back and pick them up sigh cliff confessed to
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the murders but strongly denied being Joan Harrison's killer in Preston 75 boy L asked him if he knew all of his
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victims names and Sutcliffe said he did when asked if he kept press cuttings or something to help him remember he said
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no they are all in my brain reminding me of the Beast I am Hollander was staring
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at suck lift through the two-way mirror of the interview room he really couldn't
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believe this was the men they'd been searching for for so long he looked normal in his words he looked like the
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sort of person you would meet on the way to church on a Sunday morning but he did
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admit how astonishingly similar he looked to Marilyn Moore's photo fit at 11:00 p.m. so cliff was allowed to see
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Sonia they had the following conversation Sonia what on earth is going on Peter Sutcliffe that's all
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those women I've killed all those women Sonya what do you mean Sutcliffe it's me on the Yorkshire
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Ripper I've killed all those women Sonia what on earth did you do that for Peter even a sparrow has a right to live
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after that she asked him if he had sex with any of his victims he said he had only with one but it meant nothing
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the sex was just mechanical detectives went with Sutcliffe to his house in Bradford sigh cliff pointed out all of
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the clothes he wore on each attack Sonya was there and said that she'd saved a piece of Christmas cake for Sukkoth
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insisting he couldn't be taken away before eating the piece of cake in drinking a glass of warm milk suck live
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asked the detectives if that would be okay and they said yes Sutcliffe eighties cake and drink his
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milk while handcuffed to one of the detectives during his interviews so cliff said his hatred for sex workers
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started because of a Wilma McCann he picked her up hitchhiking and she asked him if he wanted to do business sir
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cliff said he didn't know what she meant so she started mocking him saying do I have to spell it out for you when psy
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cliff realized what Wilma meant he agreed but then he said Wilma started mocking him and taunting him when he
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couldn't get aroused so he decided to hit her in the head with a hammer he said that when he realized what he
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had done he knew he would be in serious trouble so he stabbed her to make sure she wouldn't live to tell anybody that's
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how he says his hatred for sex workers started but it was only the next day when he changed his story the next day
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he said his hatred started in 1974 when a sex worker stole ten pounds from him but his story changed again he said no
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actually that happened in 1969 then it changed again stating and it all started around 1965 when he had an accident in
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his head in relation to pulling up his victims clothes to expose their body he said he did it quote so that when
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they're found they will look as cheap as they are he also said it satisfied a sexual
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revenge fee once he committed his first murder on Wilma mccannon he said he became completely unhinged and felt
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nothing but hatred for sex workers his intention was to hunt down as many as he could and get rid of them the more he
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killed the more it became an obsession Sutcliffe said he felt bad about the Jane MacDonald murder because he had no
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idea she wasn't for sex burger and it was this murder where he first felt like an inhuman Beast however he soon
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realized he had the ability to easily detach himself from the murders and talk openly about the Ripper to other people
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joining them in conversations about the crimes and speculating who was responsible he recounted how he had come
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face to face with Maureen long only a few weeks prior to his arrest he was at a shopping center with Sonia when they
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crossed paths he recognized that straight away but myrin didn't recognize him his intention was to kill Maureen
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when he attacked her and he was surprised to learn she had survived he became worried she would be able to
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identify him but when he heard she was suffering memory loss he felt safe in relation to Jean Jordan's murder he
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confirmed the police theory was right after he had killed her he realized they had left the 5 p.m. no so he returned
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and when he couldn't find it he became frustrated and tried the sawed off her head so as to make the killing look
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different he confirmed details about the Maryland more attack saying he pretended
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to talk to someone on the street before getting in the car with her and telling her his name was Dave intended to kill
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her however he noticed there were people walking about 40 meters away when the attack started so he became scared and
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drove off with the murder of Yvonne Pearson Sutcliffe said he hit her with a hammer and dragged her to a spot about
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20 meters away from his car then suddenly another car turned up and parked next to his car he had to hide
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with Avon's body until the car left there was a man and a woman inside the car Avon's body wasn't found until two
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months later if she had been found sooner maybe the couple would have come forward remembering the car they had
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parked next to that night Sutcliffe said he was in tears after this murder as he
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hadn't claimed they kill anyone that night after murdering Veera mild' Sutcliffe said the killings became more
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random and indiscriminate he now had the urge to kill any woman he just happened
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to drive past josephine whitaker when she was walking home from her grandparents he approached her and
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started talking to her telling her she should be careful about walking alone as you never know who you can trust
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the Barbara Leach and Jaclyn hill murders were the same he just happened to drive past them and had the urge to
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kill when he was questioned about Margaret Walz murder he initially said no that wasn't me you have a mystery on
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your hands with that one however on further questioning he admitted it he said he was in a rage and
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just happened to see Margaret walking home he didn't have a knife with him no so he strangled her with a piece of rope
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he also admitted to strangling hoop a Jay bendera with a piece of rope as he didn't have any other tools with him at
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the time he said he was overcome with remorse during this attack so he said sorry and left but it's more likely the
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headlights of the approaching police patrol car is what scared suk leaf off he also admitted to the Teresa Sykes
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attack saying he followed her down a path and attacked her but then somebody started yelling at him so he ran off
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after these confessions Sutcliffe had to be immediately taken to his first court
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hearing however he hadn't been properly searched or had his clothes removed and given
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their usual prisoner clothes when they did this they found he had holes inside his coat so that he could reach for the
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weapons through the pockets without being noticed also he wasn't wearing underwear he was
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wearing a sweater as a makeshift sort of underwear the arms of the sweater were on Sutcliffe's legs and due to the way
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it was placed it meant his genitalia was exposed detectives asked him what he was
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doing Sutcliffe said there were leg warmers what they found though was that this
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meant his knees were padded so it made it easier to put pressure on his victims and also men he could easily masturbate
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during the attacks he is being questioned in relation to the Yorkshire Ripper murders it is
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anticipated that he will appear before the court in Dewsbury tomorrow can you tell us whether he has a Geordie accent
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I cannot tell you that because I've not heard him speak I can tell you that we are absolutely delighted with
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developments of this state absolutely for Sutcliffe's first court hearing there were 1,500 people outside waiting
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for him they were yelling and shouting hang the bastard hanging die the crowd was in a frenzy and Sutcliffe
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was terrified he was going to be killed they managed to get him inside the court
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safely where he was charged with murder and then taken to prison in Leeds on the
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29th of April of 1981 Sutcliffe had his first trial in court number one at the Old Bailey Court in London all the
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weapons that were found both in his possession and in his house were on display there were eight hammers a
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hacksaw a long kitchen knife eight screwdrivers a knife with a wooden handle and a short rope Peter was
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charged with 13 counts of murder and seven counts of attempted murder he pleaded guilty but on the grounds of
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diminished responsibility he was claiming he wasn't responsible for his actions he had been seen by three psychiatrists
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before this court appearance and he told them that he heard voices and the reason
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why he killed was because God asked him to he claimed he had to take sex workers
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off the streets because a higher power had ordered the psychiatrist's believe him one thought Sutcliffe had been a
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paranoid schizophrenic since he was about 20 at the trial the prosecution was ready
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to accept Sutcliffe's plea but the judge stepped in he said the matter that troubles me is not the medical opinions
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because there is a consensus but it seems to me that all these opinions and are sadists without criticism all these
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opinions are based simply on what this defendant has told the doctors nothing more moreover what he has told the
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doctors conflict substantially with what he told the police on the morning of his
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arrest in statements to the police he expressed the desire to kill all women the judges conclusion was to have a
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second trial this time with a jury the second trial started on the 5th of May 1981 Sutcliffe's plea didn't change and
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once again he was backed up by the psychiatrist who had seen him on the 22nd of May 1981 the jury made their
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decision they deliberated for seven hours and returned with the majority verdict ten votes to two guilty they
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didn't accept his diminished responsibility defense the judge gave Sutcliffe 20 life
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sentences and recommended a period of 30 years before he could be given parole but on that he said that is a long
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period an unusually long period but I believe you are an unusually dangerous man i express my hope that when I have
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said life imprisonment it will mean precisely that in January the following year a report about the
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handling of the Yorkshire Ripper investigation was completed it was called the Byford report who is
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completed by Laurence Byford the man who was consulted in 1980 after Margaret Thatcher threatened to take over the
00:38:16
investigation and solve it herself he put into place the group of five hand-picked detectives from around the
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country that went to Leeds to try and help crack the case the idea of the report was to be honest and critical so
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the mistakes made on the Yorkshire Ripper case wouldn't be repeated the problem was that so many mistakes
00:38:37
had been made that if all were revealed the report would sink the West Yorkshire
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police so once the report was complete it was edited before being sent anywhere the
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complete report totaled 156 pages but it was reduced to far less only about 1200
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words throughout the years very few people have read the entire report in March 1984 Sutcliffe was transferred
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from prison to Broadmoor psychiatric hospital three psychiatrists had seen him again and recommended the move they
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believed Sutcliffe's condition had deteriorated and he now suffered a loosen Asian's the hallucinations were
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him being revisited by his victims and him smelling their perfume the public were far from impressed with this
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transfer and Sutcliffe didn't start taking medication for schizophrenia until 1993 nine years after the move
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Sutcliffe was continually questioned over the years to see if they could link any more attacks to him it's believed
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Sutcliffe could be responsible for as many as 13 other attacks for which is not yet been charged recent media
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reports State Police are currently considering whether to add further charges they have obtained fresh DNA
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evidence and have taken new victim statements leading people to believe further charges could be laid to one of
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the victims of these other attacks linked to Sutcliffe is Tracy Brown on the 27th of August 1975 14-year old
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Tracy was walking home from a friend's house near Bradford a men started talking to Tracy along the way and she
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thought he probably just lived close by and didn't consider him a threat when they got to the entrance of Tracy's
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family farm the men stayed behind her Tracy kept going a few steps towards her house and was about to turn around to
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thank the man for keeping a company during the walk but before she could she was knocked down by hard blows to the
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head a car with its headlights on approached and scared her attacker off when she
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entered a house and mother saw her and at first believed she'd had red paint thrown over then she saw the hole in
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Tracy's head and quickly rushed at a hospital she needed neurosurgery and bone had to be removed from her brain
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two years later Marilyn Moore was attacked and a photo fit was completed based on the description that she gave
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of her attacker that photo fit was widely circulated and when Tracy saw it she recognized the men as being the same
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one who had attacked her she went to the police to report it the response from the officer who saw her that day was
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we're all having fun and games today aren't we Tracy didn't think she'd be taken seriously after that N Rooney was
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attacked in the outskirts of Leeds in 1979 she was hit in the head with a hammer from behind
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she gave a description of her attacker which matched Sutcliffe and she said her attacker was driving a dark Sunbeam
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rapier which suck lifts drove at the time but her attack was never linked as her wounds were not caused by the same
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type of hammer used in the other river attacks Sutcliffe has since actually admitted to the attacks on Ian Rooney in
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Tracy Brennan but nothing has been done he hasn't been charged because at the time the reasoning was that it wouldn't
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be in the public's interest to charge him again and to have another trial some other attacks believed to be committed
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by Sutcliffe that he has never been charged with and that of MOLLE she was attacked in 1980 by a man with a hammer
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and then she was stabbed with a screwdriver somehow no link was made to the other Ripper attacks at the time
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despite bearing all of the same hallmarks the attack happened in Leeds just before the murder of Jacqueline
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Hill Gloria wood was attacked in November 74 in Bradford by a man with a hammer she was hit in the head and required
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hospitalization Evon missile which was attacked by a man with a hammer in 79 she was also hit in the head and
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suffered a severe head injury the description she gave of her attacker matched sotloff her attack was never
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linked to the other Ripper attacks as it was considered at the time as being the
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work of a copycat one journalist believes these attacks weren't linked previously because the police were
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already so overwhelmed there was pressure from the forces managers to leave some of the attacks out of the
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official count as it would only add to the mounting pressure of the case some believe the number could be closer to 23
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attacks and murders the Sutcliffe was responsible for but never charged with the police are currently using new
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technology to test their nation apples from old police exhibits the writer of the letters and sender of the tape
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known as the Yorkshire Ripper hoaxer was in court until the 18th of October 2005
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his name was John humble a DNA match finally brought him undone the night he made the call to the police that told
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them the tape was a fake he tried to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge he was charged with four counts of
00:44:06
perverting the course of justice his trial was held on the 21st of March 2006 he was sentenced to eight years in
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prison Barbara leeches mother blamed him for her daughter getting killed when asked
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why he did it he said I don't know why I done it I must have been daft I regret it like especially them lasses who've
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died the coppers were useless I thought I was doing them a favor and catching him because it intensified the hunt then
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didn't it in 2010 a DNA match showed who killed John Harrison in Preston 75 his name was Christopher Smith he had died
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of cancer two years earlier but before he died he left a note to whomever it concerns I would like to
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put the record straight I can't go on with the guilt I've lived with it for over 20 years I'm
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truly sorry for all the pain I've caused to anyone please believe me when I say I'm sorry
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that same year suckler started the campaign to be given parole in March 2010 he had a preliminary court hearing
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where he asked the judge to give him a definite number of years before he could be released the judge made a ruling on
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July 16 that year Sutcliffe would never be released Sutcliffe lawyers and doctors commenced
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an appeal they said his conviction wasn't fair since he shouldn't have been considered responsible for his actions
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the Court of Appeal gave a final answer on the 14th of January 2011 Sutcliffe's papers were marked never to be released
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on the 24th of August this year Sutcliffe was transferred out of a Broadmoor psychiatric hospital and back
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to prison sigh cliff had spent 32 years in the psychiatric hospital he stay there has
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been heavily criticized with many believing and had been far too cushy a tribunal ruled that he no longer
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required mental-health treatment and he was ordered to Frankland prison before heading to prison he called his brother
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and said he was scared for his life he had constantly received death threats over the years and he was savagely
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attacked during his first prison stint and he had been attacked in hospital as well his brother told him that he
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thought he should have been executed anyway last month that was reported that suck live who is a jehovah's witness was
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considering converting to Islam in order to try and get protection in prison Frankland prison is known as one of the
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UK's toughest prisons and cyclic was terrified of being attacked in 2012 a convicted child killer was murdered and
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disemboweled by fellow inmates at Franklin prison Suckley fears similar treatment
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according to the most recent media reports Sutcliffe has taken steps to make the conversion but it's not yet
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complete over the years Sutcliffe has received a large quantity of letters from women some with
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provocative pitches it's believed that the aim of many of these letters is to get a response from suck live which then
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sell online for high prices in a recent letter cyclists said the media has painted a false picture of him and he's
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really a kind and gentle person Tracy Brian who Sutcliffe attacked on the 27th of August 75 had to have
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constant brain scans and required drugs to prevent seizures afterwards she had flashbacks and insisted the lights
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couldn't be switched off at night or the door on her bedroom closed or her curtains drawn she had panic attacks and
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broke into cold sweats for a long time after Marcella Claxton who Sutcliffe attacked on the 9th of May 76 not only
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lost the child she was pregnant with but also suffered from blackouts and severe
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headaches she said it is like my brain is bursting and hitting the inside of my head sometimes all day marine long who
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suck cliff attacked on the 10th of July 77 suffered from fits as a result of her
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head injuries and had to remain as an outpatient for years she suffers from depression and can't watch anything on
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television that involves violence Teresa Sykes who suckle if attacked on the 5th of November 1918 broke up with
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her boyfriend after the attack she was convinced her attacker was going to come back to her she had constant nightmares
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and barricaded the door of her room she had to sleep with a knife under her pillow olive smelt who suckle if
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attacked on the 15th of August 75 became afraid of all men and she almost lost her marriage she experienced be out of
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anger depression and frustration she said sometimes I get so depressed I almost think it would have been better
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if he had finished me Olive passed away in 2011 the Yorkshire Ripper investigation has been one of the
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largest and most expensive investigations that has ever been around 250,000 people were spoken to 20 8687
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statements were taken the failure to cross-reference vital pieces of information the miss filing of vital
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information on index cards West Yorkshire is belief that the Ripper letters and tape were genuine ignoring
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the photo fit and many other missteps led to Sutcliffe being interviewed and eliminated nine times during the
00:49:56
investigation suckler himself has said that it got to the point where he thought he must have been invisible he
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believed he was never going to be caught [Music] you