John Humble, 50, has been jailed for eight years after pleading guilty to four charges of perverting the course of justice over the Yorkshire Ripper killings. His admission brought an end to the ...

The messages were taunting Assistant Chief Constable George Oldfield, who was leading the investigation. The infamous tape said: “I’m Jack. I see you're having no luck catching me.

Mark Lester plays George Oldfield, the detective leading the Ripper enquiry, Mai Elphinstone plays Tish Morgan, a reporter on the Yorkshire Post, and Angelina Sangster plays Meg Winterburn, the ...

Only a few years after the death of the so-called Yorkshire Ripper, the true-crime series The Long Shadow, premiering on Sundance Now and AMC+ on Thursday, March 21, presents the “definitive ...

The Yorkshire Ripper, aka Peter Sutcliffe, led the police on a five year chase, beginning in 1975, with 13 victims and another seven who got away. “The Long Shadow,” a new 7-part British ...

The tape addressed Oldfield personally, with the message: “Lord, you are no nearer catching me now than four years ago when I started. I reckon your boys are letting you down George.

It was the fury of Margaret Thatcher, then UK prime minister, at the failure of the West Yorkshire force to catch the Ripper that had led to Hobson being promoted in November 1980. He formed a ...

But the officer leading the case, assistant chief constable George Oldfield, was convinced the killer had a North East accent after a hoaxer sent a cassette, in June 1979, claiming responsibility.

West Yorkshire Police was notoriously misled after being distracted by a hoax in their search for killer Peter Sutcliffe. Constable George Oldfield became obsessed with the case, and in tonight's ...

But people gave me dirty looks, even my own parents." 1977 By 1977, the moniker ‘Yorkshire Ripper’ had been firmly established, but the police still hadn’t managed to track Sutcliffe down.

I see you’re having no luck catching me,” the message went. “I have the greatest respect for you, George [Oldfield, in charge of the investigation], but Lord, you’re no nearer catching me now than ...