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20/03/2006
Ripper hoax accused pleads guilty
A man has admitted being the Yorkshire Ripper hoaxer known as 'Wearside Jack' in court today.
John Humble, 50, a former labourer from Sunderland, had previously pleaded not guilty to four courts of perverting the course of justice, but changed his plea.
The charges relate to the hoax letters and an audio tape to West Yorkshire Police, as well as a letter to the 'Daily Mirror', during the investigation into the Ripper murders in the late 1970s.
Humble will be sentenced at Leeds Crown Court on Tuesday.
The hoax letters and tape were sent as the inquiry into the Ripper murders intensified. They convinced West Yorkshire Police that their suspect was from Sunderland, causing the investigation to be shifted to that area. During that time, the real Ripper - Peter Sutcliffe, who was from Bradford - killed another three women.
Sutcliffe, now 59, was eventually arrested in 1981 and jailed for life for the murder of 13 women. He was later transferred to Broadmoor secure hospital.
(KMcA)
John Humble, 50, a former labourer from Sunderland, had previously pleaded not guilty to four courts of perverting the course of justice, but changed his plea.
The charges relate to the hoax letters and an audio tape to West Yorkshire Police, as well as a letter to the 'Daily Mirror', during the investigation into the Ripper murders in the late 1970s.
Humble will be sentenced at Leeds Crown Court on Tuesday.
The hoax letters and tape were sent as the inquiry into the Ripper murders intensified. They convinced West Yorkshire Police that their suspect was from Sunderland, causing the investigation to be shifted to that area. During that time, the real Ripper - Peter Sutcliffe, who was from Bradford - killed another three women.
Sutcliffe, now 59, was eventually arrested in 1981 and jailed for life for the murder of 13 women. He was later transferred to Broadmoor secure hospital.
(KMcA)
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