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Bradford killings: Fear returns to the Ripper's streets

The discovery of the remains of a woman - sparking police searches in Bradford's red light district - has brought back chilling memories of the 1970s.

Back then, it took six years to find and convict Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, for killing 13 women across the county - mainly prostitutes - and trying to murder seven more.

He had been in jail for three years by the time Fiona started walking the streets around Bradford's Lumb Lane, one of Sutcliffe's killing grounds.
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