Yorkshire Ripper Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/yorkshire-ripper/ Since 1975, the English Collective of Prostitutes has been campaigning for the abolition of the prostitution laws which criminalize sex workers and our families, and for economic alternatives and higher benefits and wages. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:02:25 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://prostitutescollective.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/favicon-260-x-260-150x150.png Yorkshire Ripper Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/yorkshire-ripper/ 32 32 Tryst.link: D17 Reflections On The Yorkshire Ripper & The English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tryst-link-d17-reflections-on-the-yorkshire-ripper-the-english-collective-of-prostitutes/ Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:02:18 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=20100 “Some were prostitutes but perhaps the saddest part of the case is that some were not. The last six attacks were on totally respectable women.” – Sir Michael Havers, Attorney General.On 13 November 2020, Peter Sutcliffe, also known as the Yorkshire Ripper, died in prison. If you didn’t know who he was, you could get an […]

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]]> Independent: Families of Yorkshire Ripper victims receive police apology for language used during investigation https://prostitutescollective.net/independent-families-of-yorkshire-ripper-victims-receive-police-apology-for-language-used-during-investigation/ Fri, 13 Nov 2020 19:51:08 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=14743 ‘It was only when some so-called respectable women got killed that they began to pay attention,’ says campaigner Maya Oppenheim Women’s Correspondent @mayaoppenheim   West Yorkshire Police has apologised to the families of Peter Sutcliffe’s victims for the “language, tone and terminology” used by senior officers during their investigation into the killings. John Robins, the force’s chief […]

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]]> Statement: Remembering 13 women, victims of terrorism, on the death of Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper. https://prostitutescollective.net/statement-remembering-13-women-victims-of-terrorism-on-the-death-of-peter-sutcliffe-the-yorkshire-ripper/ Fri, 13 Nov 2020 17:26:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=14759 We heard the news of the Yorkshire Ripper dying and our first thoughts were with the families, with the survivors. Probably, they must be feeling relief that they don’t have to face any chance of Sutcliffe getting out of prison, as there was some talk of that not long ago.The ECP was very involved at […]

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]]> Verso: Are Sex Workers the Original Feminists? A brief history of UK sex worker activism https://prostitutescollective.net/verso-are-sex-workers-the-original-feministsa-brief-history-of-uk-sex-worker-activism/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 12:25:25 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=11128 Ray Filar   ‘Sex workers are the original feminists’, say Juno Mac and Molly Smith in Revolting Prostitutes. It’s an incendiary claim–not least because tracking ‘firsts’ is a fraught pursuit–but it might well be true. Mac and Smith point toward the medieval brothel workers who formed guilds and went on strike; the 15th century Bavarian […]

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]]> Event: International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers – 17 December 2019 https://prostitutescollective.net/event-international-day-to-end-violence-against-sex-workers-17-december-2019/ Sun, 27 Oct 2019 12:40:28 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=9086 Please follow our Facebook event page for updates.

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]]> The Guardian: The Yorkshire Ripper Files review – a stunningly mishandled manhunt https://prostitutescollective.net/the-guardian-the-yorkshire-ripper-files-review-a-stunningly-mishandled-manhunt/ Wed, 27 Mar 2019 20:31:27 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=7615 This profound and disturbing true-crime show lays bare the case’s outrageous misogyny – and lets silenced women be heard at last. Over the course of three nights, the film-maker Liza Williams is revisiting one of the biggest – and longest – murder manhunts in British history. The Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story […]

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]]> BBC News: Bradford killings:- fear returns to the Ripper’s streets https://prostitutescollective.net/bradford-killings-fear-returns-to-the-rippers-streets/ Fri, 28 May 2010 09:00:23 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=2577 By Andy McFarlanePolice searches evoked memories of the Yorkshire Ripper murdersThe 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 - […]

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]]> Statement: Bradford – when will safety be prioritised? https://prostitutescollective.net/bradford-when-will-safety-be-prioritised-2/ Thu, 27 May 2010 12:50:50 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=633 A man has been charged with the murder of three women in Bradford.  When will sex workers’ safety be prioritised?  The discovery of a woman’s body, now confirmed to be that of Suzanne Blamires, has focussed press attention on the disappearances of three women in Bradford.  Stephen Griffiths has been charged with their murder.   Our […]

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]]> Statement: Stop Midland Murders – Stop Police Sweeps https://prostitutescollective.net/stop-midland-murders/ Fri, 15 Jul 1994 14:09:19 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=731 STOP THE SERIAL KILLER/S - STOP POLICE SWEEPS At least six women have been murdered this year in the Midlands and North of England, the last two in July -- four have been labeled as prostitutes by the police. The police have responded not with protection of women, but with street sweeps -stepping up the […]

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]]> Statement: Prostitutes are innocent ok! https://prostitutescollective.net/1981-statement-prostitutes-are-innocent-ok/ Fri, 08 May 1981 14:13:29 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=745 Excerpt from Some Mother’s Daughter, The Hidden Movement of Prostitute Women Against Violence, International Prostitutes Collective, Crossroads Books 1999, pp49-51. 1981: The trial of the Yorkshire Ripper, serial murderer Peter Sutcliffe, who murdered 13 women. PROSTITUTES ARE INNOCENT OK! We are picketing today to protest against the handling of the Ripper case -- by the court, the […]

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