LONDON – Peter Sutcliffe, better known as the Yorkshire Ripper, died today at the age of 74 after refusing treatment for Covid-19, according to the Daily Mail.
He died at University Hospital of North Durham while serving a life sentence for murdering at least 13 women in the 1970s and 1980s in Yorkshire and northwest England.
He was pronounced dead at 1.10am (9.10 Malaysian time), with no visitors by his bedside because of Covid-19 restrictions.
A source told the UK's The Sun: “No tears were shed. His death was as pitiful as the vile life he had lived.”
Sutcliffe, who had heart problems, was returned to prison 10 days ago after a five-night stay in a local hospital.
However on his return to the prison medical isolation unit, he complained of shortness of breath and chest pain, before testing positive for Covid-19 on November 7.
According to the BBC, Sutcliffe was convicted in 1981 and spent three decades at Broadmoor Hospital before being moved to HMP Frankland in County Burham in 2016.
Richard McCann, the son of the first victim, Wilma McCann, said Sutcliffe’s death would bring “some kind of closure”.
Sutcliffe’s first victim was mother-of-four Wilma McCann, 28, who was hit with a hammer and stabbed 15 times, in October 1975.
Retired police officer Bob Bridgestock, who participated in the hunt for Sutcliffe, said he “won’t be shedding any tears”. – The Vibes, November 13, 2020
