On 1 Apr, 12:06, "Noel O'Gara" wrote:
>> five graves in Ipswich are no fairy tale
> > I think the women who live near Tom Stephens should be put on notice
> > that he is a danger to the public.
> > Stephens can lie low for a few years but with a track record like he
> > has the next relationship that turns sour on him will end up in yet
> > another ditch. Naturally the police will wait for that to happen and
> > then they will take care of it.
> > Of course like in the Ripper case a British judge and jury found
> > Wright guilty of all those crimes and thats the end of that.
> > =A0They have drawn a line under it to use their phraseology.
> > Those crimes have been solved. Cause for promotions all round.
> > The red light district in Ipswich will never be the same again because
> > of the increased level of police hassling the girls who walk the
> > streets.
> > The Ripper case was different in that Stephens targetted Wright in
> > order to transfer the blame for Tania to him and he threw caution to
> > the wind in doing that and took many chances but plod were way behind
> > him.
>
> > Extract from articlehttp://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/2008/WrightTrial=
/story.aspx?brand...
>
> > "Tom Stephens - the first man quizzed over the deaths of five
> > prostitutes - told police of fears he had a Jekyll and Hyde
> > personality and could have killed the women "without realising".
>
> > In another eerie exchange the Norfolk-born supermarket worker, who has
> > faced no charges over the Suffolk serial killings, told police "if it
> > had been me, I would have strangled them",
>
> > The Ripper was murdering women to taunt the police and has carried on
> > since they convicted his copycat
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But the media have often used phrases such as "new ripper" or "return
of the ripper" etc., as such sensationalist phrases help to sell
newspapers. The Peter Sutcliffe myth also sells newspapers and has
prompted a rash of documentaries exploiting the lie that Peter
Sutcliffe is the Yorkshire Ripper. Arguably, if they trumpeted the
truth that the Yorkshire Ripper was never caught, that would sell
newspapers even better, but then it would also risk a libel action
from Ronald Gregory, who was Chief Constable at the time of the phoney
press conference that launched the Peter Sutcliffe myth.
After Ronald Gregory dies, the floodgates will open with regard to
publicity about the Yorkshire Ripper cover up.
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Re Steve Wright, for what it's worth, a tv documentary titled "The
Suffolk Strangler" will be shown on 'Crime' channel (uk Sky
satellite / Virgin cable tv) next Thursday 15 May at 8pm. I don't know
if this has already been aired on channels 1 to 5. |