Life Story
Peter William Sutcliffe the British serial killer nicknamed "the Yorkshire ripper" was convicted of murdering 13 women and attempted murder of 7 more in 1981. In Yorkshire 1946 he was born the first of 6 children. As a boy he was reserved, and preferred spending time with his mother. Finding friends at school was difficult for young Peter, and he was often bullied. He left school aged fifteen with no clear career focus, and his early working life was spent in a number of short-lived occupations. One strange opportunity included a stint as a gravedigger. In 1966 he met the daughter of Czech immigrants Szurma, whom he courted and eventually married in August 1974. They moved in with her parents because his chequered work history meant that they had insufficient funds to buy their own home. During the time of their courtship, Sutcliffe had developed an obsession with prostitutes. He indulged together with a friend, Trevor Birdsall, and they spent a large portion of their spare time cruising red-light districts in the Yorkshire area. This obsession continued after their marriage and the acquisition of his HGV license in June 1975, and his subsequent work as a lorry driver, took him away from home more than ever; enabling him to indulge his obsession without fear of detection. There is speculation that a bad experience with a prostitute during one of these forays led to the violent hatred of these women. This resulted in the death of thirteen women, and the vicious attack of seven others. |
The seven survivors were told how lucky they were, but with physical, emotional and psychological scars that would never completely heal, they didn't feel very lucky. Some would even believe that they would have been better off if the horrible man they had known for so long as The Ripper, had succeeded in killing them.
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/yorkshire-ripper-probably-murdered-and-attacked-627594
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/10-chilling-serial-killers-and-how-814426