owdlad Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 A man has been arrested in connection with hoax letters and a tape sent to police during the Yorkshire Ripper investigation nearly 30 years ago. Should this man be found guilty of the hoax tape I hope the police are able to charge him with a crime that carries a long sentence, because his stupidity in sending that tape let Sutcliffe continue his killing spree. The full story. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/4354952.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miniminch Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 Is this a hoax? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughy101 Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 ,i really hope they charge him,it just goes to show what goes around comes around if he had not made the hoax calls/tapes maybe someones wifes, mothers, sister,would still be alive today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughy101 Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 Originally posted by miniminch Is this a hoax? no mini,watch the news, it just goes to show big brother is now watching us(THANK GOD) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LellyBee Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 If this is the man who made the hoax tapes, then he needs to be truly punished. The police questioned Sutcliffe 3 times but because the hoax was so convincing they let Sutcliffe go purely become he didn't have a Geordie accent. Sutcliffe then went on to murder 3 more women. The deaths of these women must sure be on the conscience of the hoaxer:rant: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venger Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 It is sickening to think that someone could be capable of such behaviour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floe Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Does this mean that the letters and tape which were "misplaced " in July have been found? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venger Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Possibly gaining more evidence ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floe Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Let's hope so! It would be good to finally close this appalling piece of criminal history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talktofrank Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Here is a bit of info about it thanks to the wonderful world of information that is wikipedia the FREE on line Encyclopedia!! it seems the person helped sutcliffe have three more years killing people so i hope they throw the book at him followed by some bricks!!!! Controversy The Police investigation was criticized for being inadequately prepared for an investigation on this scale. Sutcliffe was interviewed numerous times but all information the Police had about the case was stored in paper form, making cross referencing a difficult task. This fact was compounded by the television appeal for information, which generated thousands more documents to process. The Police were also criticized for being too focused on the Wearside tape and letters, which allowed Sutcliffe to remain at large for longer, as he did not fit the profile of the sender of the tape or letters. The official response to these problems ultimately led to the implementation of the forerunner of the Police National Computer system. No individual has every been brought to justice for the hoax letters and tapes which allowed Sutcliffe to remain at large for 3 more years during which time he claimed another three lives. Olive Curry who used to work at a cafe called the Fishermens Mission based in North Shields claims that during the summer of 1978 Sutcliffe regularly visited the premises (always late in the afternoon) with a friend with a "geordie accent". On one such visit Sutcliffe had told her that they both worked as lorry drivers and that his friend, who he repeatedly referred to as "Col" (short for Colin), was from Sunderland. Olive recalls that "his friend" who she always refers to as "the little one" or "the little tramp" rarely spoke and never went to the counter to order their refreshments. Nevertheless, on one ocassion when Sutcliffe had gone to the toilet to relieve himself she asked "the little one" where "his mate" (who she now knows to have been Sutcliffe) had gone. She recalls that he answered the question oddly - placing his hand over his mouth in an attempt to mask his voice. Despite this, she was still able to discern that he had a "lisp". Curry is now convinced that Sutcliffe's drinking companion was indeed Wearside Jack - the infamous hoaxer -and believes that Sutcliffe had purposely requested that he write the letters and make the tape in order to "divert the attention" of the "Ripper investigation" away from him, leaving him free to kill. Despite Curry's theory, Sutcliffe has never indicated at any time that he ever acted other than alone and police sources have officially dismissed the suggestion that Sutcliffe had an accomplice as "nonsense". Nevertheless, Senior Police Officers have never made any secret of the fact that when questioned, a teasing Sutcliffe has a tendency to "provide an over load of information" (purposely to confuse and obscure) but that there is usually a little bit of truth buried somewhere in the middle of it. On one occasion, when questioned about the idenitity of the hoaxer Sutcliffe is reported to have replied (amongst other things) that "you might find the answer in a mission in North Shields" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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