I did bad things but I never killed any men, Ripper claims
THE Yorkshire Ripper has said he “did some bad things” but he never killed any men, in a bizarre letter to a television presenter.
Peter Sutcliffe, 71, was asked about the cases of Fred Craven and John Tomey by ITV News Calendar and wrote the letter to Christine Talbot, the presenter, in reply.
In the two-page note, the former lorry driver, who is serving 20 life terms for murdering 13 women and attempting to kill seven more, denied any involvement in the attacks on the two men. In his letter, Sutcliffe, from Bradford, said: “Yes I did some bad things but I just want people to know I did not attack or murder any males.
“And with a whole life sentence I’d have nothing to lose and it would not be in my interest to say I didn’t do it if I did as I’m in jail till my dying day.
“So I’m telling you 100 per cent it was nothing to do with me.” Sutcliffe, who was registered blind, dictated the handwritten letter to a fellow prisoner at HMP Frankland, Co Durham.
Bookmaker Mr Craven was fatally wounded with a hammer in his office in Bingley town centre in 1966, while Leeds taxi driver Mr Tomey survived a hammer attack by a passenger as they drove across moors near Bingley in 1967.