Yorkshire Ripper ‘turned down coronavirus treatment’

Peter Sutcliffe was being treated at the University Hospital of North Durham in County Durham (Anna Gowthorpe/PA)

The Yorkshire Ripper has been treated for coronavirus in hospital amid claims he refused treatment and was at risk of death.

Peter Sutcliffe, 74, was being treated at the University Hospital of North Durham, three miles from the maximum security Frankland jail where he is an inmate.