Taxpayers may have to fund the Yorkshire Ripper's funeral, unless alternative arrangements are made by his family. Peter Sutcliffe, once one of the most feared criminals in the country, died in hospital aged 74 after reportedly refusing treatment for coronavirus.
He had been serving a whole life term at the maximum-security HMP Frankland jail in Durham for the murders of 13 women and the attempted murder of seven more.
But following his death on Friday, up to £3,000 of his basic funeral expenses may now have to be covered by the Prison Service.
Under a Prison Service directive, prisons "must offer" to pay a contribution towards "reasonable" funeral expenses for inmates who die in custody.
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