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The Yorkshire Ripper was haunted by thoughts of his own death in his last moments.
Peter Sutcliffe terrorized Yorkshire in the 1970s and 1980s, killing at least 13 women and attacking many more.
However, when he died on Friday, his thoughts were not with those whose lives he had stolen, but with himself.
In his last moments, Sutcliffe showed no remorse for his horrible crimes and remained selfish until his last breath.
According to reports from The Mirror, the 74-year-old spoke briefly as he gasped for air as he was taken to the hospital.
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Sutcliffe had contracted coronavirus.
When they took him to the hospital, he said, “I’m not going to make it, I’m not coming back, I’m sorry, I’m ready to go.”
Sources at Frankland Prison in Co Durham, where he was being held, said the only indication of the impact his own crimes had on him were the terrifying nightmares he suffered in his final months.
One said: “He always complained that he was unwell and was considered a hypochondriac, but with Covid-19 he was being watched more closely.
“He never really spoke about the murders or his past life, I would go so far as to say he was in denial.
“He was obsessed with his own death and worried about what people might say about him after his death.”
Sutcliffe’s health deteriorated in recent months and he wrote a will leaving his few belongings, including his sunglasses, pens, a baseball cap, hats and sneakers.
His cell was also filled with piles of letters from ghoulish penpals, including women who became obsessed with him despite his chilling past.
The source added: “Many of us who knew him believe that he enjoyed the notoriety, he was certainly demanding enough to think he should get special treatment.
“He also suffered from nightmares that seem to get worse as his health deteriorated.
“During October he became more convinced that he was going to catch Covid and die. It was almost an obsession.
“He was an old man with many medical problems. He moaned a lot, especially during the pandemic.”
Sutcliffe was jailed in 1981 and ordered to serve a life sentence after he murdered at least 13 women and tried to take the lives of at least seven more.
He died at North Durham University Hospital on Friday.
Neil Jackson, 62, whose mother Emily, 42, was stabbed 52 times by Sutcliffe in Leeds in 1976, said: “They should have hanged him 40 years ago. He has had this comfortable life in prison while we have served a sentence life. .
“He’s never shown sympathy or remorse. He delights in being conspicuous. No wonder he was full of self-pity and complaining to the end.
“He was also a coward. He died without revealing how many victims there are. I am convinced that there are more, but at that time there was no DNA, no CCTV, no computers, it was all paperwork.”
Tracy Browne, 59, whom Sutcliffe left for dead in Silsden, West Yorks, in August 1975 when he was 14, said: “Even hell is too good for him.
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“He doesn’t deserve a funeral – they can dump his ashes down a cesspool as far as I’m concerned. Even though the world is a poor place, he’s a little less sick without him.
“Even to his last breath, he must have wanted control. He was only concerned with his image and what people thought of him. He is an attention seeker to the end.
“All of his victims, whether they died or survived, were real women with real lives and real families. They deserve to be remembered for who they were, not as numbers and statistics.”
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