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'No release' for Yorkshire Ripper | 'No release' for Yorkshire Ripper |
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Justice Secretary Jack Straw has said there are "no circumstances" in which Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe could be released from prison. | |
He was answering a question in the Commons from Tory MP Julie Kirkbride on behalf of one of her constituents, a relative of one of Sutcliffe's victims. | |
Sutcliffe, 63, who murdered 13 women across northern England, has begun a legal bid to limit his time in jail. | |
He was given 20 life terms in 1981 for the murders and seven other attacks. | |
Ms Kirkbride, who represents Bromsgrove, in Worcestershire, said her constituent wanted reassurance that Sutcliffe "will never be let out of prison for his heinous crimes". | |
Paranoid schizophrenia | Paranoid schizophrenia |
Mr Straw answered: "I would like to provide that reassurance... ultimately that decision would be a matter for the parole board and the courts and maybe for mental health tribunals. | |
"But I say to you, and through you to your constituent, that all the evidence that I have seen on this case, and it's a great deal, suggests to me that there are no circumstances in which this man will be released." | |
Sutcliffe, who is now known as Peter Coonan, is being held in Broadmoor top security psychiatric hospital. | Sutcliffe, who is now known as Peter Coonan, is being held in Broadmoor top security psychiatric hospital. |
He was transferred there from prison in 1984 after being diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. | He was transferred there from prison in 1984 after being diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. |
When he was sentenced at the Old Bailey in 1981 the trial judge, Mr Justice Boreham, recommended that he serve a minimum of 30 years behind bars. However no formal tariff was given. | |
It was revealed earlier this month that Sutcliffe was seeking a High Court ruling on how much longer he must spend in jail. |