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09/03/2011
Yorkshire Ripper Loses Life Tariff Bid
The Yorkshire Ripper has lost his case to go to the highest court to challenge an order that he should never be released.
In 1981 Sutcliffe received 20 life sentences for murdering 13 women and attempting to murder seven others in Yorkshire and Greater Manchester.
The 64-year-old was challenging a High Court order in 2010 that states he must serve a "whole life" tariff.
His case to take his case to the Supreme Court was rejected by the Appeal Court.
The Court of Appeal has refused to confirm that a point of general public importance was involved in the appeal.
Today's hearing follows January's ruling to uphold the "whole life" tariff set in the High Court in July 2010.
After being transferred from prison in 1984 suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, the serial killer is detained at Broadmoor psychiatric hospital
(BMcN/GK)
In 1981 Sutcliffe received 20 life sentences for murdering 13 women and attempting to murder seven others in Yorkshire and Greater Manchester.
The 64-year-old was challenging a High Court order in 2010 that states he must serve a "whole life" tariff.
His case to take his case to the Supreme Court was rejected by the Appeal Court.
The Court of Appeal has refused to confirm that a point of general public importance was involved in the appeal.
Today's hearing follows January's ruling to uphold the "whole life" tariff set in the High Court in July 2010.
After being transferred from prison in 1984 suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, the serial killer is detained at Broadmoor psychiatric hospital
(BMcN/GK)
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