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New Sat 14 Nov 20 15:17 
 Yorkshire Ripper - Bromptonaut
>> If he hadn't been in the picture there is a good chance Sutcliffe would have
>> been arrested and therefore those 3 women would have lived.
>>
>> So yes, in my book 8 years wasn't anywhere near enough.

It's not clear why he was taken seriously. Women who were attacked and survived repeatedly said the man had a local accent. The West Yorkshire force interviewed him on multiple occasions but when actually caught it was it was in South Yorkshire and because his car had false plates.

God knows how many people were interviewed though. A then colleague of my Mother's, a teacher who'd previously been a pharmacist, used to do relief in Chemist's shops in the rougher parts the West Yorkshire was picked up. Twice I think. The fact that he had a hammer and screwdrivers in the boot of his car meant he was arrested and captioned.

There was a superficial resemblance, dark hair and beard, but he was grossly overweight. There was some suspicion amongst his colleagues that he was a regular client of the oldest profession and may have opted for relief duties in areas where he would find such people.
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