For years women in the north of England were terrified of going out at night, knowing a callous and sadistic serial killer was on the loose.
Between 1975 and 1980 Peter Sutcliffe - who died on Friday after contracting Covid-19 - horrifically murdered 13 innocent women and attacked even more.
However, successfully managed to evade capture by police for years until he was eventually confessed after being arrested for driving with false numberplates.
His reign of terror shocked the country, as it soon became apparent that no woman - or girl, for his youngest murder victim was just 16, while the youngest person he attacked was a 14-year-old - was safe from his appalling violence.
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