How Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe was finally caught after fooling police 9 times

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ITV's new gripping documentary Yorkshire Ripper: The Secret Murders re-examines the case of notorious serial killer Peter Sutcliffe.The former lorry driver was found guilty of murdering at least 13 women in the late 1970s and early 1980s.The two-part series explores the horrific crimes and how Sutcliffe was able to continue his killing spree and go undetected for so long.Sutcliffe was interviewed and let out nine times during the investigation, but all the police had about the case was in paper form, making it hard to cross-reference.At his Old Bailey trial, Sutcliffe said: "It was just a miracle they did not apprehend me earlier - they had all the facts."So how was the Yorkshire Ripper finally caught?

Here we take a closer look.Sutcliffe was finally arrested on January 2 1981, but it was several days before they revealed him to be the serial killer.He was caught in a car in Melbourne Avenue, an area known for being the Sheffield's red light district, with a 24-year-old prostitute called Olivia Reivers.The pair were parked in the drive way of Light Trades House when two officers decided to investigate because the car they were in had false number plates.While at Dewsbury Police Station he was also questioned in relation to the Ripper case, due to his physical likeness.The next day police officers returned to the scene of arrest and found a knife, hammer and rope which had been discarded when Sutcliffe had told them he was "bursting to pee".The officers also searched his car and found screwdrivers in the glove compartment.

The Yorkshire Post also reports that a second knife was found hidden in a police station toilet before he was searched.Police also obtained a search warrant for his home in Bradford, and brought his.