The former wife of Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe was at their marital home – where the couple lived at the height of his killing spree – on the night before he died, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Sonia Sutcliffe, now 70, stood by him even after he confessed to his sickening crimes, and didn’t file for divorce until 13 years after he was sentenced in 1981. After apparently beginning a new life by marrying hairdresser Michael Woodward in 1997, Sonia moved into his first-floor flat in nearby Shipley. When she and Sutcliffe moved in, the area was an overwhelmingly white and solidly working-class area. ‘I’m the Yorkshire Ripper.

Source: Daily Mail November 15, 2020 01:18 UTC