Peter Sutcliffe was the newly-married former grave digger whose brutal reign of terror instilled unshakeable worry in the North of England as police failed to pick up the clues in their pursuit of the notorious murderer known as the Yorkshire Ripper. In all, 13 women were killed and seven more were viciously attacked, although police remain convinced the Yorkshire Ripper’s grim roll call of female victims remains higher. They were teenage girls, shop assistants, prostitutes, clerks. They were mothers, daughters, sisters, wives. And the broad spectrum of victims from various walks of life meant that no woman was safe with Sutcliffe at large. This is the timeline of Sutcliffe's twisted life: the attacks leading to his arrest and imprisonment and the name of every victim who had their lives brutally taken away by the killer:
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Sutcliffe, who had reportedly refused treatment for Covid-19, died in hospital on Friday November 13 after close to four decades in custody. His killing spree, which claimed the lives of at least 13 women, remains among the most sickening murder investigations of the last century Photo: PA Wire