DURING Peter Sutcliffe's trial, the Attorney General Sir Michael Havers, told the jury that while some of the Yorkshire Ripper's victims were prostitutes "the saddest part of this case is that some were not".
Incredibly, no one raised so much as an eyebrow at his comment.
Despite the horrible way in which each of Peter Sutcliffe's victims died there was a widespread view at the time that some were more blameless than others. 
Although some of Sutcliffe's victims were sex workers, the idea that this made them somehow more deserving to die is as outrageous as it is abhorrent.
For them sex work was not a lifestyle choice. They saw it as their only option; the only way they could pay their bills and feed their children.
They were all victims: daughters, wives and mothers.
So who were Peter Sutcliffe's victims?

They were:

  • Wilma McCann, 28, from Chapeltown, Leeds, who was killed in October 1975.
  • Emily Jackson, 42, mother-of-three and prostitute from Morley, Leeds. Killed on January 20, 1976.
  • Irene Richardson, 28, a mother-of-two from Chapeltown, Leeds. Killed on February 6, 1977.
  • Patricia Atkinson, 32, a mother-of-three from Manningham, Bradford. Killed on April 24, 1977.
  • Jayne MacDonald, 16, a shop assistant from Leeds. Killed on June 26, 1977.
  • Jean Jordan, 21, from Manchester, who died between September 30 and October 11, 1977.
  • Yvonne Pearson, 22, from Bradford. Murdered between January 20 and March 26, 1978.
  • Helen Rytka, 18, from Huddersfield. Murdered on January 31, 1978.
  • Vera Millward, 40, a mother-of-seven from Manchester, who was killed on May 16, 1978.
  • Josephine Whitaker, 19, a building society worker from Halifax. Killed on April 4, 1979.
  • Barbara Leach, 20, a student who was murdered while walking in Bradford on September 1, 1979.
  • Marguerite Walls, 47, a civil servant from Leeds who was murdered on August 20, 1980
  • Jacqueline Hill, 20, a student, who was found at Headingley on November 16, 1980.

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