Crispin Oliver: Last News

direct to your inboxA coroner is awaiting the prison ombudsman’s report into the death of the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, who died from a combination of Covid-19, diabetes and heart disease in November 2020, an inquest hearing was told today.Crispin Oliver, the Assistant Senior Coroner for County Durham and Darlington, held a brief hearing at Crook Civic Centre to give an update into how the inquiry was progressing.Sutcliffe, dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper, murdered 13 women and attacked more, terrifying Northern England in the late 1970s until he was finally arrested in 1980.Mr Oliver said the life prisoner changed his surname by deed poll in 2001 and for the purposes of the inquest will be known as Peter William Coonan, previously

The Prison Ombudsman is investigating the death of Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, the resumed inquest into his death heard today.

ChronicleLive.Sutcliffe, who murdered at least 13 women across the north of England in the late 1970s, had several underlying health conditions and was 'almost blind'.Assistant senior coroner for County Durham and Darlington, Crispin Oliver, made a tribute to all of Sutcliffe's victims, passing on his 'solidarity and support', before starting the inquest.His coroner officer confirmed Sutcliffe's date of birth as June 2 1946 and said he was born in North Yorkshire.He was a prisoner at HMP Frankland in Durham, which is where he was moved to at the age of 70 on August 24, 2016.Sutcliffe was identified by a police officer following his death and his ex-wife was named as his next of kin, the inquest heard.Detective Inspector Claire Lambert of