Man arrested in Ripper hoax case

sir_drinks_alot · 19-10-2005, 00:17

Good to know

this guy's almost as bad as Sutcliffe.

Man arrested in Ripper hoax case

19-10-2005, 00:20

Well done West Yorkshire Police

Keytops · 19-10-2005, 00:35

Reminds me of an old joke:

Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, has escaped from prision. Police are looking for a man with a Geordie accent.

....it was funny once upon a time :|

me283 · 19-10-2005, 07:33

I remember watching a programme on this quite recently. Well, I tried to watch it but fell asleep. It was however fascinating up to the that point; and as I recall, there was a suggestion that the guy had either been involved in at least one earlier murder (possibly a Ripper murder), or had been at the scene of at least one of them.

It will be an interesting story to watch as it unfolds.

Salu · 19-10-2005, 10:17

This be interesting to see how it unfolds as over the summer they announced (police) that they had "misplaced" the tapes and other evidence relating to this case.....

Mike · 20-10-2005, 12:11

See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4360026.stm I wonder what happen to result in an arrest after all this time ????

Mike

Jon M · 20-10-2005, 12:15

Threads merged.

Orior · 20-10-2005, 13:15

What a complete waste of police resources.

**Maggy** · 20-10-2005, 13:33

The case was revived because Yorkshire have set up one of those 'Cold Case' police depts that look at old unsolved crimes to re-evaluate whether there is a case against anyone.That's why it's happened now.

As for a waste of police resources I think anything that actually gets someone prosecuted for a crime is hardly a waste of those resources.

Or are you suggesting that wasting and misdirecting police activities in a serious crime is not a crime or not worthy of punishment?

Orior · 21-10-2005, 12:43

I'm saying that there should be better rules for determining which cold cases should be revisited.
The hoaxer never hurt anyone, except the feelings of the police. He also exposed their ineptness, which in the long run was a good thing.

MovedGoalPosts · 21-10-2005, 12:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orior

I'm saying that there should be better rules for determining which cold cases should be revisited.
The hoaxer never hurt anyone, except the feelings of the police. He also exposed their ineptness, which in the long run was a good thing.

There are many who will argue the hoaxer did not directly hurt anyone, but because of his actions, attention and resources were diverted onto a wrong line of enquiry. Those resources could have been used finding a proper line of enquiry, and in turn that might have prevented some of the later attacks.

Police may have learnt from the hoaxer, but it was serious enough to possibly have contibuted to fatalities. On that basis the hoaxer should not be ignored.

Pierre · 21-10-2005, 13:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orior

I'm saying that there should be better rules for determining which cold cases should be revisited.
The hoaxer never hurt anyone, except the feelings of the police. He also exposed their ineptness, which in the long run was a good thing.

I hear what you saying but this guy should be charged with Perverting the course of justice or interfering with a police investigation.

As a message to other hoaxers. Also how much resource was put into this looks like not much to me.

lippy · 21-10-2005, 14:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orior

I'm saying that there should be better rules for determining which cold cases should be revisited.
The hoaxer never hurt anyone, except the feelings of the police.

Whether it was inept policing or not, Sutcliffe was interviewed and dismissed from the investigation because the accent on the hoaxer's tape.
He gave the opportunity for the murders to continue.

There was also a recent tv programme which suggested that Sutcliffe and the hoaxer were friends,maybe this will emerge.