Infamous British serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, also known as ‘The Yorkshire Ripper’, died on Friday at the age of 74, the British government reports Friday. Sutcliffe was sentenced to 20 life sentences in 1981 for the murders of 13 women in the city of Manchester and the North England county of Yorkshire.
In addition, he was found guilty of attempted murder of seven women. The man said he had been ordered by God to kill prostitutes.
The former truck driver was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia three years after his conviction, but was declared accountable in 2016.
As a result, Sutcliffe no longer needed psychiatric treatment and was transferred to a regular prison. Justice assured that he would never be released again.
Sutcliffe had recently become infected with the coronavirus and refused to be treated. He died in a hospital in Durham, where he had been taken from his cell. Sutcliffe suffered from multiple health conditions, including obesity and diabetes.
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