Reports are emerging that Peter ( I’m not really t’ripper – I only did 4) Sutcliffe has been enjoying days out from Broadmoor mental hospital where he has been a patient since being found guilty of murdering prostitutes in Yorkshire in the late seventies and early eighties.

According to sources, Sutcliffe has been spotted in the nearby village of Crowthorne in Berkshire enjoying a walk through the quiet streets. He was accompanied by a nurse, Percy Tuat (apparently pronounced Twayte). They spent some time wandering the streets chatting to unsuspecting locals and enjoyed an ice cream from a Mr Whippey van parked outside the local girls school.  

At one stage Tuat was so engrossed in talking to a local girl that he didn’t notice Sutcliffe had wandered off alone into a local hardware store. We spoke to the store owner, Diggler Cockin, who told us he didn’t realise it was the infamous Peter Sutcliffe. Mr Cockin went on to say that he thought Sutcliffe seemed, “a decent sort o’ bloke”. Asked if he’d made any purchases, Cockin told us that t’ripper had expressed great interest in a hammer and screwdriver has he had a bit o’ work to finish off and his own tools had gone missing.