Peter William Sutcliffe

[Dirty Harry]

Yes, it was awful.
I often think not just of the general family members of the victim but also the children that were left behind by some. Awful to lose a mother like that but the constant reminder every time his name came up must have made it even worse in the 40 odd years since. As a child it's difficult enough to take in but the further context of it all must have been horrific for young minds.

Absolutely, and similar to Brady and Hindley, the consequences and ripples are too far reaching to ever really fully comprehend I guess.

 

[johnnytapia]

The ineptitude of the police was quite something. London CID officer tasked with assisting commented, "For some reason, Yorkshire police had never put any of the photo fits up in the station. I asked them to have it done by Monday morning. I walked in the office 7am sharp and was greeted by what can only be described as 4 walls of Peter Sutcliffe wallpaper."
Wearside Jack was a also a very significant factor in 3 of the murders. Cracking book on him:

I’m Jack by Mark Blacklock review – a spotlight on the Yorkshire Ripper hoaxer

The story of ‘Wearside Jack’, the man who derailed the police investigation into the serial killer, is fashioned into an intelligent and disturbing slice of noir

www.theguardian.com

And what the fuck was Pat Jennings doing at Sutcliffe's pretrial? True fact that I've never heard a proper explanation on.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Had a wholly incongruous, camp, somewhat effete, high pitched voice - rendered even more comical by his West Yorkshire accent. He sounded limp and ineffectual. Lamentably, it may have caused one or two of his victims to lower their guard.

Absolute disgrace he wasn’t caught sooner.

The world is better off without cunts like this. Fuck him.

 

[kippaxwarrior]

Had a wholly incongruous, camp, somewhat effete, high pitched voice - rendered even more comical by his West Yorkshire accent. He sounded limp and ineffectual. Lamentably, it may have caused one or two of his victims to lower their guard.

Absolute disgrace he wasn’t caught sooner.

The world is better off without cunts like this. Fuck him.

I know the police at that time didn't have the technology or resources they have now but its incredible they arrested him and interviewed EIGHT times before finally charging him

 

[mackenzie]

Had a wholly incongruous, camp, somewhat effete, high pitched voice - rendered even more comical by his West Yorkshire accent. He sounded limp and ineffectual. Lamentably, it may have caused one or two of his victims to lower their guard.

Absolute disgrace he wasn’t caught sooner.

The world is better off without cunts like this. Fuck him.

I remember the morning the news broke that they had him. Immense relief for all, and people were almost euphoric.
His capture was fortuitous but that copper knew he had tried to get rid of something when they first pulled him up and thankfully it was followed up.

 

[Lupo]

I have enjoyed reading this thread this morning as I am something of a true crime fan (Jack The Ripper, Yorkshire Ripper, Krays, West, Huntley, etc) and even drove to gawp at his house when I stayed in Bradford in 2014 and have read books on him including the imperious Wicked Beyond Belief and Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son which is less forensic but takes a look at the man behind the beard.

As many have discussed on here, I never understood why so much belief was placed on the Wearside Jack tapes when so much evidence pointed to Sutcliffe who was a local man, a lorry driver and so distinctive looking and so similar to the photofits of survivors and witnesses - the black afro hair and black beard. He also had a high pitch Yorkshire accent as described by survivors, there are a couple of interviews with him on the internet and its fair to say his voice is rather distinctive.

He was interviewed several times and the Police considered him AND Sonia to be rather odd and suspicious but of course, no Wearside accent.

I was only a boy when the Ripper murders were occurring in sleepy Shropshire but I can remember t the time the fear gripping the nation with this faceless stranger prowling the street committing untold horrors on innocent women.

Reading SHSS it was evident that Sutcliffe in reality was quite a wimpy, insignificant nonentity of a man. A mommy's boy quite unlike his rough and tough Yorkshire father and brothers who saw him as a bit of an outcast. Whilst they liked football, cricket, hunting, etc, Sutcliffe was far more tied to his mother's apron strings. His main interest (apart from the obvious) seemed to be cars, motorbikes and driving. Gravedigging then lorry driving were his ideal careers.

He was actually caught parked up a secluded lane with a prostitute in his car. The Police questioned him and he claimed that they were lovers but the car had false plates. Before taking him in, Sutcliffe asked if he could relieve himself in the bushes. The Police allowed him to. One of them though was suspicious and returned to the scene the next day to discover that Sutcliffe had actually relieved himself of his killing kit in the bushes - a ball pein hammer and a screwdriver. They finally had their man.

A man who nobody will mourn, maybe Sonia as I think she was still in contact and still lives in the same house at 6 Garden Lane but that's about it.

 

[kaz7]

I was dating someone with the same accent as the jack tape, creepy

 

[mike1923]

Finally some good news to wake up to. I hope it hurt and that wherever he ends up now (if you believe in that stuff) he never finds peace. Vermin

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Not another RIP thread. Bloody hell.

 

[TINY]

What will they do with the body now? Don’t think I’ve ever paid any attention to what happens to pricks like this. Assuming no marked ‘resting’ place?