Ripper ‘didn’t act alone’

MORE THAN one person probably carried out the series of gory murders attributed to the notorious Jack the Ripper, it was claimed yesterday.

Former murder squad detective Trevor Marriott said it was highly unlikely the same killer had been responsible for the “double event murders” when the bodies of two of the Ripper’s victims were discovered within 12 minutes of each other.

“My theory is that had the Ripper been responsible for the first murder and had been disturbed as has been suggested, he would have been in a great hurry to escape from the area.