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Yorkshire Ripper, was one of Britain’s most horrifying serial killers, responsible for the gruesome murder of at least 13 women as well as seriously injuring others.The 74-year-old mass murderer, who died after contracting Covid in 2020, was an inmate at HMP Frankland in Durham after he was found guilty of the gruesome killings and jailed for 20 life sentences.Ahead of ITV documentary Yorkshire Ripper: The Secret Murders, exploring over 20 unsolved murders and attempted murders linked to Sutcliffe - set to air on Wednesday, March 2 – here’s a look at the ruthless murderer’s tragic victims and the chilling murder methods he used.Peter Sutcliffe's brutal killing spree took place between 1975 and 1980 across Yorkshire and Greater Manchester. The twisted killer targeted vulnerable women in red light districts, leaving those working in Leeds and Bradford in a constant state of terror.

Peter Sutcliffe was one of the UK’s most notorious serial killers, having murdered at least 13 women in the late 1970s.Known as the Yorkshire Ripper, he has today died in prison aged 74, from coronavirus.Sutcliffe was serving 20 concurrent life sentences, meaning he would have spent the rest of his life behind bars for his crimes.He was jailed in 1981 after police caught the killer with 24-year-old prostitute Olivia Reivers.Sutcliffe had murdered at least 13 women and attempted to kill seven more between 1975 and 1980 across Yorkshire and Greater Manchester.His first victim was believed to be 28-year-old mother-of-four Wilma McCann from Leeds.Over the following five years he went on to kill Emily Jackson, Irene Richardson, Tina Atkinson,