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|hobby = Killing people}}'''Peter Sutcliffe''' (June 2nd, 1946 - November 13th, 2020) was a British serial killer nicknamed '''the Yorkshire Ripper'''. In 1981, Sutcliffe was convicted of [[murder]]ing thirteen women and attempting to murder seven others. He was sentenced 20 concurrent sentences of life imprisonment, which was increased to a whole life order in 2010. All except two of his murders took place in West Yorkshire; the others were in Manchester. | |hobby = Killing people}}'''Peter Sutcliffe''' (June 2nd, 1946 - November 13th, 2020) was a British serial killer nicknamed '''the Yorkshire Ripper'''. In 1981, Sutcliffe was convicted of [[murder]]ing thirteen women and attempting to murder seven others. He was sentenced 20 concurrent sentences of life imprisonment, which was increased to a whole life order in 2010. All except two of his murders took place in West Yorkshire; the others were in Manchester. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Sutcliffe was born in Bingley in the West Riding of Yorkshire to a working-class family. He was given a Catholic upbringing by his parents, John William Sutcliffe and his wife Kathleen Frances (née Coonan). Reportedly a loner, he left school aged fifteen and had a series of menial jobs, including two stints as a gravedigger in the 1960s. Between November 1971 and April 1973, Sutcliffe worked at the Baird Television factory on a packaging line. He left this position when he was asked to go on the road as a salesman. | Sutcliffe was born in Bingley in the West Riding of Yorkshire to a working-class family. He was given a Catholic upbringing by his parents, John William Sutcliffe and his wife Kathleen Frances (née Coonan). Reportedly a loner, he left school aged fifteen and had a series of menial jobs, including two stints as a gravedigger in the 1960s. Between November 1971 and April 1973, Sutcliffe worked at the Baird Television factory on a packaging line. He left this position when he was asked to go on the road as a salesman. | ||