He left when he was asked to go on the road as a salesman.Īfter leaving Baird, he worked nightshifts at the Britannia Works of Anderton International from April 1973. Between November 1971 and April 1973 Sutcliffe worked at the factory of Baird Television Ltd, on the packaging line. Reportedly a loner at school, he left at the age of 15 and took a series of menial jobs, including two stints as a gravedigger during the 1960s. Sutcliffe was born in Bingley, to a working-class Catholic family in West Riding of Yorkshire, a son of John Sutcliffe (11 December 1922 - June 2004) and Kathleen Frances Sutcliffe (née Coonan, 22 January 1919 - 1978). A High Court ruling rejected an appeal in 2010, confirming that he would serve a whole life tariff and would never be released from imprisonment. After his conviction, Sutcliffe began using his mother's maiden name and became known as Peter William Coonan. He is currently serving 20 sentences of life imprisonment in Broadmoor Hospital. In 1981 Sutcliffe was convicted of murdering 13 women and attacking seven others. Peter William Sutcliffe (born 2 June 1946) is an English serial killer who was dubbed 'The Yorkshire Ripper'. A High Court ruling rejected an appeal in 2010, confirming that he would serve a whole life tariff and would never be released from imprisonment Status: Sentenced to 20 sentences of life imprisonment on May 22, 1981. Location: West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom Method of murder: Hitting with a hammer / Stabbing with knife Victims profile: Wilma McCann, 28 / Emily Jackson, 42 / Irene Richardson, 28 / Patricia Atkinson, 32 / Jayne MacDonald, 16 / Jean Jordan, 20 / Yvonne Pearson, 21 / Helen Rytka, 18 / Vera Millward, 40 / Josephine Whitaker, 19 / Barbara Leach, 20 / Marguerite Walls, 47 / Jacqueline Hill, 20 AKA 'The Yorkshire Ripper' Classification: Serial killerĬharacteristics: Heard voices from God commanding him to kill prostitutes

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