Keith Hellawell, then the assistant chief constable, was charged with questioning him and put together a team of detectives to examine unsolved cases from all over Britain.ĭr Hellawell sat opposite Sutcliffe in Broadmoor High Security Hospital for a decade, from 1982-1992, during 30 visits and picked away at his defences.
West Yorkshire Police had been savaged by the press and politicians for their bungled investigation, which was derailed by a series of hoax letters and tapes.Ĭhief constable Colin Sampson was determined not to be further humiliated by a queue of rival forces who wanted to interview the Ripper over a long list of similar crimes. His victims were mainly prostitutes and many of their bodies were horribly mutilated with hammers and knives during a five-year reign of terror. Sutcliffe was found guilty of murder on all 13 counts and attempting to murder seven others and was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Old Bailey. “Now I have been caught, I just want to unburden myself.” Unsolved cases “I knew I would have gone on and on,” said Sutcliffe. It was on Januthat the man who had brutally murdered 13 women was finally snared in a red light area of Sheffield. He made only one request – that he be the one to personally tell his wife, Sonia. Peter Sutcliffe began a detailed confession. “It’s all right, I know what you’re leading up to.
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