Ripper hoaxer pleads guilty

A former labourer who has admitted being the infamous Yorkshire Ripper hoaxer known as Wearside Jack pleaded guilty today to four counts of perverting the course of justice.

Ripper hoaxer pleads guilty
Mon, 20 Mar, 2006 - 13:32

A former labourer who has admitted being the infamous Yorkshire Ripper hoaxer known as Wearside Jack pleaded guilty today to four counts of perverting the course of justice.

John Humble, 50, of Flodden Road, Sunderland, taunted detectives when he claimed to be the Ripper in three letters and on an audio tape which he sent in the late 1970s.

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