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Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe finally back in jail after spending 32 years in Broadmoor psychiatric hospital

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THE Yorkshire Ripper was back in jail last night for the first time in 32 years.

Serial killer Peter Sutcliffe left Broadmoor psy­chiatric hospital in a top-secret operation late yesterday.

 Peter Sutcliffe returned to prison last night for the first time in 32 years
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Peter Sutcliffe returned to prison last night for the first time in 32 yearsCredit: Copyright © Glenn Harvey 2015

Only a tiny number of staff and officials knew in advance.

Sutcliffe, 70, was told at the last minute.

The move ends a three-decade spell inside Broadmoor that has cost taxpayers an estimated £11million.

It is thought Sutcliffe — given 20 life terms in 1981 for murdering 13 women and trying to kill seven more — was taken to grim Category A Frankland jail in Durham.

 Only a few members of staff knew about the secret mission
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Only a few members of staff knew about the secret missionCredit: North News and Pictures
 The Yorkshire Ripper was told about the move at the last minute
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The Yorkshire Ripper was told about the move at the last minuteCredit: Copyright © Glenn Harvey 2015

The Sun revealed this month how the killer, now using his mum’s maiden surname Coonan, was ruled fit to return to jail after a tribunal decided his paranoid schizophrenia had been successfully treated.

He last saw the inside of a prison cell at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, before moving to Broadmoor in 1984.

Because he is one of about 50 “whole life” tariff prisoners in Britain, Sutcliffe will never be released.

The prison move is said to have sent him spiralling into depression.

 The serial killer was ruled mentally sane by a medical tribunal last week
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The serial killer was ruled mentally sane by a medical tribunal last weekCredit: Ian Whittaker
 Sutcliffe is said to be depressed about his move back to prison
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Sutcliffe is said to be depressed about his move back to prisonCredit: Copyright © Glenn Harvey 2015
 He moved to Broadmoor psychiatric hospital in 1984 and has cost taxpayers £11million
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He moved to Broadmoor psychiatric hospital in 1984 and has cost taxpayers £11millionCredit: MARK STGEORGE

A source said: “Peter has said he’s contemplating suicide.

“He doesn’t want to be in a Category A jail and says they are places without hope — full of viol­ence and despair.

“He’s anxious about being attacked and has literally been sick with fear.”

 

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