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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. ....
Netflixâs The Ripper tells how Peter Sutcliffe couldâve been caught two years earlier The four-part series landed on the streaming service this week and follows the police struggle to capture the Yorkshire Ripper throughout 1970s Britain. Sign up to FREE email alerts from Daily Record - Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes theyâll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice ....
The police search for evidence Credit: Netflix Netflix’s four-part Yorkshire Ripper documentary has been already condemned by families of Peter Sutcliffe’s victims as insensitive and guilty of glorifying his murders. Netflix is, in particular, accused of sensationalism after changing the name of the series from the relatively thoughtful Once Upon a Time in Yorkshire to the more lurid – as the families see it – “The Ripper”. “Please remember that the word “ripper” relates to ripping flesh and the repeated use of this phrase is irresponsible, insensitive and insulting to our families and our mothers’ and grandmothers’ legacies,” reads a letter signed by the families of seven of Sutcliffe’s victims and by two survivors of the killer, Marcella Claxton and Mo Lea. Richard McCann, whose mother Wilma was one of Sutcliffe’s first victims, said the Ripper title ran the risk of “possibly inspiring the next serial killer”. ....