Peter Sutcliffe, who received 20 life sentences in 1981 for murdering 13 women, will spend rest of his life in custody
A high court judge today ruled that Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, will not be eligible for parole and must spend the rest of his life in custody.
Sutcliffe, 64, received 20 life sentences in 1981 after being convicted of murdering 13 women and attempting to murder another seven. He is currently being held at Broadmoor high-security psychiatric hospital in Berkshire.
The former lorry driver from Bradford, who is now known as Peter Coonan, made an application to have a minimum term set on his detention. Despite a judge recommending a 30-year minimum term, this was never formally given and his name was not included on a 2006 Home Office list of 35 murderers serving "whole life" sentences.
