Yorkshire police apologise for 'tone and terminology' used in 1970s to refer to Peter Sutcliffe's victims
Richard McCann, who was only five years old when his mother was murdered, had called on the police to apologise.
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Richard McCann, who was only five years old when his mother was murdered, had called on the police to apologise.
He was serving a whole life term for murdering 13 women across Yorkshire
He was given 20 life sentences in 1981.
Sutcliffe was convicted of murdering 13 women and has been in Broadmoor hospital since 1984.
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