Peter Sutcliffe

Anthony Steele, for example, spent 20 years in prison for the 1977 murder of Bradford bakery worker Carol Wilkinson, despite his family maintaining that she was ...

The Yorkshire Ripper terrorised Greater Manchester from 1975-1980. ITV's new true crime documentary looks into the case.

They were later told that she was unable to have children. While staying at HMP Broadmoor in 1997, he was stabbed with a pen and as a result was blinded in one eye. He was 74 years old and had spent 40 years in prison, including 32 years in a psychiatric hospital. Who was he? The first official murder of The Ripper occurred in 1975 – when Wilma McCann, a mother-of-four, was hit twice in the head with a hammer and stabbed multiple times. The police were left stumped for years as the man who became known as the Yorkshire Ripper continued his reign of terror – until a break in the case meant Sutcliffe was finally caught and convicted.

Yorkshire Ripper: The Secret Murders, a new two-part true crime documentary, starts tonight on ITV.

During his confession, he claimed that the voice of God had sent him on a mission to kill prostitutes. A prison spokesperson confirmed the news at the time, saying: "HMP Frankland prisoner Peter Coonan (born Sutcliffe) died in hospital on November 13. Peter Sutcliffe died in 2020 at the age of 74.