Remember the Yorks Ripper hoaxer, nicknamed Wearside Jack? HE was believed to be the Ripper and had a Wearside (near Durham?) accent, hence the nickname. As most of us know, the real Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe was a Yorkshireman.
Wearside Jack led the West Yorkshire police up the wrong path for several months and even sent the leading detectives with a pretty chilling tape with his voice, taunting them and making them believe he was the culprit.
Tonight, it seems Wearside jack may have been caught and a 49 yr old man is is being held in a Leeds police station.
Coming from Leeds, the I remember Yorks Ripper case very well. Iremember the whole of the north of England breathing a sigh of relief when the bast**d was caught.
One of his victims was a young girl of 16 who’s body was found in a childrens playground near where I still live…..
By: Corporal - 19th October 2005 at 14:35
Make him take an overdose of paracetamol.
By: Rlangham - 19th October 2005 at 14:28
Jail sentence including constant beatings, sleep deprivation etc, then death – if anyone says thats harsh, i say its not harsh enough, there is no right whatsoever to take the life of an innocent person
By: Corporal - 19th October 2005 at 14:12
Id prefer the death sentence for him though.
By: Rlangham - 19th October 2005 at 12:04
True, a bit of torture couldn’t hurt though (well, maybe for them!)
By: BuffPuff - 19th October 2005 at 11:35
Nah, let them rot in jail and hopfully be tormented by what they’ve done. A sort of living death.
By: Rlangham - 19th October 2005 at 11:25
Thought he had a Sunderland accent, and was in Darlington at the time of Jack the Ripper? My dad told me last night he used to know someone that lived in Darlington, with a strong Sunderland accent, and would be about 49 by now!
Either way, i’m glad both of them were caught, shame we can’t hang, draw and quarter them any more
By: steve rowell - 19th October 2005 at 02:11
The man is obviously mentally deranged, he needs to be put in the looney bin and throw away the key
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