A new Netflix series revisiting the crimes of the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, has outraged viewers who claim it still perpetuates the attitude that some of his victims lives meant less because they were sex workers.
The crimes of the serial killer who murdered 13 women and attempted to kill many others in the 1970s, have been well documented, but a new generation has been left shocked to hear sex workers among Sutcliffe s victims referred to as pests , good time girls or having gone down in status, by the officers investigating the crimes.
And in episode one of the series, Yorkshire Post journalist Alan Whitehouse describes how police were caught short by the murder of Sutcliffe s fourth victim, Jayne McDonald, 16, who he followed home from her job at a supermarket, which prompted national interest in the case.
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Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe (Image: Collect Unknown)
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The families of the women murdered by Peter Sutcliffe have blasted Netflix for glorifying the serial killer s crimes.
Netflix changed the name of its upcoming documentary from Once Upon A Time In Yorkshire to The Ripper, which his victims families say is a traumatising term.
In a letter written to the company, they described the term as irresponsible, insensitive and insulting to our families .
Netflix only changed the name after the families agreed to take part in the documentary on Sutcliffe, who died at the age of 74 in November.
The families of the women murdered by Peter Sutcliffe (pictured) have blasted Netflix for glorifying the serial killer s crimes after changing the name of its upcoming documentary from Once Upon A Time In Yorkshire to The Ripper