Sutcliffe s heinous crimes sparked one of the largest criminal investigations in UK history, during which he was dubbed by the British press as The Yorkshire Ripper .
The detective who caught one of the cruellest hoaxers in British criminal history has revealed just how close he came to evading justice. John Humble tricked police hunting the Yorkshire.
One tape reveals Peter Sutcliffe, who murdered 13 women across northern England in the 1970s and 80s, planned to kill street worker Olivia Reivers - a passenger in his car when police caught him in 1981.
Prison ombudsman Sue McAllister criticised the use of restraints on Peter Sutcliffe - and a delay by staff in removing them when instructed to do so. Sutcliffe died at HMP Frankland in 2020.