The 13 victims of Peter Sutcliffe: remembering who they were

Serial killer Sutcliffe's five-year reign of terror claimed the lives of thirteen women.

Who were the Yorkshire Ripper's victims?

Sutcliffe's first victim was Wilma McCann, a 28-year-old woman from Chapeltown in Leeds.

The mother-of-four was killed in the Prince Phillip Playing Fields, near to her home on Scott Hall Road, on October 30 1975.

She was just 28-years-old.

Her son, Richard McCann, who still lives in Leeds has since called on West Yorkshire Police to apologise for the language used to describe some of the victims.

Mr McCann, a motivational speaker, said: "45 years ago, my mum went out drinking. If only I had known what was to come, I maybe would have held her a little bit closer for a little bit longer and told her how much I loved her.

"Because the following morning the pair of us, me and (sister) Sonia, walked to the street looking for my mum and of course we all know what happened next.

"My mum was more than just a 'good time girl' or a 'woman of loose morals', as she was described by the police."

He added: "I want the force once and for all to give some closure and apologise for the way it described some women.

"The things that were said in particular by George Oldfield [former Assistant Chief Constable for West Yorkshire Police] were about some of the victims having 'doubtful morals' and the comments about Jayne MacDonald being an 'innocent victim'. Weren't they all innocent?

"These words, to me, suggested that some lives taken were worth more than others."

Emily Jackson, the mum killed with a hammer

Sutcliffe's second victim was Emily Jackson, 42, from Churwell, near Morley.

Emily, a mother-of-three, lost her 14-year-old son Derek in a freak accident in 1969.

After this, she began working as a sex worker when husband Sydney’s roofing business fell into major financial difficulties.

She and Sutcliffe drove along Roundhay Road before Sutcliffe struck her with a hammer.

She was killed on derelict land near Roundhay Road on January 20 1976.

She was just 42-years-old.

Her eldest son Neil Jackson was 17 when he had to go and identify his mother's body.

He has since written a book about the impact her murder had on his family.

Sutcliffe's third victim was 28-year-old Irene Richardson, from Chapeltown, Leeds.

Irene, who worked as a cleaner, was killed by Sutcliffe in Soldiers Field in Roundhay Park on February 6 1977.

She had two children.

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The fourth victim was Patricia Aktinson, 31, from Manningham in Bradford.

Patricia, who was known as Tina, was working as a sex worker when she met Sutcliffe.

He killed her inside her flat on Oak Avenue on April 24 1977.

She had three children.

16-year-old Jayne Macdonald, followed home by Peter Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's fifth victim was teenage girl Jayne MacDonald.

Jayne, 16, was a shop assistant at Grandways supermarket and had recently left Allerton High School.

Jayne had been enjoying a night out in Leeds city centre when she started walking back to her home on Scott Hall Avenue.

Sutcliffe saw her walking along Chapeltown Road and followed her before attacking her on Reginald Street on June 26 1977.

Her body was discovered the following morning at 9.45 am by children in the playground between Reginald Terrace and Reginald Street.

Wilfred MacDonald, her father, died two years later at the age of 60.

He was buried with his daughter

Killings begin outside West Yorkshire​

Sucliffe killed again on October 1 1977 – taking the life of mother-of-two Jean Jordan.