The Ripper: Netflix’s Peter Sutcliffe documentary accused of ‘glorifying’ serial killer
The IndependentSign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A new Netflix documentary about Peter Sutcliffe has been accused of “glorifying” the serial killer. The families of Sutcliffe’s victims have taken exception to the four-part series’ new title, which was changed from Once Upon a Time in Yorkshire to The Ripper. In an open letter shared with The Sunday Times, the family members say that the “the Yorkshire Ripper” moniker “has traumatised us and out families for the past four decades”. In its defence of the series, Netflix said: "This is not a series about Sutcliffe but a sensitive re-examination of the crimes within the context of England in the late 1970s.” Sutcliffe, who died last month after contracting Covid-19, was serving a life sentence for murdering 13 women across Yorkshire and northwest England between 1975 and 1980.
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