Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe “on brink of death”

A newspaper report today claimed Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe was on death’s door after suffering from a major heart attack.
By The Newsroom
Published 7th Nov 2014, 17:34 BST
Sutcliffe makes his first appearance at Dewsbury Magistrates Court, January 1981.Sutcliffe makes his first appearance at Dewsbury Magistrates Court, January 1981.
Sutcliffe makes his first appearance at Dewsbury Magistrates Court, January 1981.

According to a story in the Sun newspaper, associates of the 13-times killer – as saying he was “on the brink of death” after his latest health scare.

Sutcliffe appeared before Dewsbury Magistrates Court before his trial in 1981. He is now serving 20 life sentences inside Broadmoor Psychiatric Hospital.

The 68-year-old suffers from diabetes and lost an eye after he was attacked by a fellow inmate.