One of the UK’s most notorious serial killers, Peter Sutcliffe, has died at the age of 74 after contacting coronavirus.

The former lorry driver was convicted of murdering 13 women across Yorkshire and the north west of England in 1981.

Sutcliffe was dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper because of the brutal method he used to mutilate his victims’ bodies.

The serial killer spent three decades at the famous psychiatric Broadmoor Hospital before being moved to HMP Frankland in 2016.

It's understood Sutcliffe died after contracting Covid19 and refusing treatment.

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