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Yorkshire Ripper ready to seek freedom
Reporter: Janice Barker
Date online: 02 March 2010
Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe could learn within months if he is safe to be released, the High Court said yesterday.
Sutcliffe, a frequent visitor to Oldham during his six-year killing spree which left 13 women dead and seven seriously injured, has asked the court for his tariff, or length of his life sentence.
Sutcliffe (63), who struck twice in Manchester, killing Jean Jordan in 1977 and Vera Millward a year later, wants to know his tariff so he can apply for parole.
Sutcliffe’s victims included prostitutes in West Yorkshire and Manchester, but he also murdered a shop worker, bank clerk and Leeds student.
He was jailed in 1981 at the Old Bailey and given a minimum 30-year term — due to expire next year.
Sutcliffe, who has already started using a new name, Peter Coonan, was a regular visitor to the former Seddon Atkinson truck factory in Heyside, Royton, for nearly three years from 1978 — at the height of his murders.
He drove a 32-ton articulated lorry for Clark Holdings of Bradford delivering axles to the Royton firm — and the transport company provided a vital link for detectives hunting the killer.
His tenth victim was Jean Jordan, of Hulme, and police found a £5 note in her belongings which was traced to Clark’s payroll.
Sutcliffe was interviewed about it, but released, and went on to brutally kill seven more women before he was caught in 1981 as he approached Yorkshire prostitute Olivia Reivers.
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Is there any other country as mad as this that considers whether a paranoid schizophrenic who has killed at least thirteen people is safe to be released? I just totally despair. There appears to be no common sense whatsoever in this country. It's a pity this murdering swine wasn't hanged before he managed to work his way into Broadmoor. What next, release Brady who has only killed a few kids?
I know we say that someone has "paid their debt to society", but there are some crimes that are never paid for - this man should be spending the rest of his life incarcerated. What he did was beyond terrible, it was evil.
Freedom!!!!! pity Albert Pierpoint and Harry Allen were not still in business. He should have been handed into their tender care instead of Broadmoor.
If consecutive sentences were handed out for consecutive offences, this would not be an issue. If we are to have a fixed term for murder, let it be 99 years, then even with a third off for good behaviour, 66 years would be served. Enough, one hopes, that most murderers would die behind bars.
If he was sentenced to Life without parole and he has only supposedly one year to serve then why go through all this nonsense.DumpyGrumpy has it right about Albert and Harry not being around any longer.Too bad that Capital Punishment is reintroduced ion many countries and then perhaps ther might be less murders.Now if he was in Texas his appeakl would be over because he would be worm food
We have got to stop releasing these dangerous criminals. It must be heartbreaking for the families and friends of their victims to be seeing this kind of news.The law needs to be changed and capital punishment should be reinstated imediately.I am sick of opening the paper and reading about some poor person being murdered.The do gooders of this country have got a lot to answer for.!!
he should serve the same sentance as the families of his victims LIFE !
If one of our judges doesn't grant him his human rights you can bet your life a european one will,
He should remain behind bars and never be let out. He wont have changed and will probably kill again. If the do gooders say he is fit to be let out and he kills again then the do gooders should be sued for letting him out.
If hes so nuts then how does he know to use another name..all sounds like bull to me all along.this guys always known what he was doing.Anyway..we must..repeat must release this poor frail OAP right now..he's no danger at all..as he's done his dues..and also think of his human rights..god..this poor mans human rights..I bet the real nutcases in this country are..they are called labour..soft on crime..soft on everything.
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I thought he was on the list of those who were already classed as 'never to be released'? Let's see what the judges have to say.
By dramasingapore @ 02/03/2010 13:40:20