No woman felt safe from the Yorkshire Ripper  Yorkshire Ripper
Peter Sutcliffe Sutcliffe is being held in Broadmoor high-
security psychiatric hospital  Related Stories  The High Court
has ruled that one of Britain's most notorious murderers, the
Yorkshire Ripper, will never be released. BBC News looks back at
his crimes.  Peter Sutcliffe earned his nickname - and his dark
place in the history books - not just for the sheer number of
women he killed, but also because of who they were and how he
killed them.  The Yorkshire Ripper hit his victims over the head
with a hammer and then mutilated their bodies with a knife and a
screwdriver.  He picked on women of all ages and from all
backgrounds - prostitute, student and bank clerk.  During the
five years it took police to catch him, no woman in his hunting
ground of Yorkshire and Greater Manchester felt safe.  Day or
night, they were scared to walk alone - hardly surprising when
the formal advice from police was: "Do not go out at night
unless absolutely necessary