POLICE INVESTIGATORS
Not too many policemen would let the Ripper get away after what he did.
But these policemen all did just that and covered it up.
| NAME/RANK & STATION | RESPONSIBILITY | COMMENT |
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Chief Constable Ronald Gregory. Wakefield
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Was in overall control of enquiry | Resigned June 1983 after O’ Gara’s allegations were published in England.Sold his lying memoirs to the Mail on Sunday to bolster the fabricated conviction of the fake Yorkshire Ripper. |
| Assistant Chief Con. George Oldfield. Leeds.
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Took control of murder hunt after the Jayne McDonald murder.He was exposed in 1992 for framing the innocent Judith Ward as an IRA bomber. |
He asked the media to identify the Irish suspect after the McDonald murder. Resigned June 1983.
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Det. Chief Superintendent James Hobson. Leeds.
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Assumed overall control after the Hill murder in 1980. | Resigned June 1983.
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| Deputy Chief Con. John Bennion. Leeds | Appointed A.C.C crime after Gregory resigned in 1983. | Moved from West Yorkshire after he found out about the cover-up |
| Deputy Chief Con. Austin Haywood. Leeds | Prevent press leaks to journalists during the murder hunt. | Retired. |
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Det. Superintendent Alf Finlay. Leeds.
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The Jacqueline Hill Murder enquiry and the murder of Mrs. Clay in Dewsbury. | Resigned in June 1983. |
| Chief Constable Colin Sampson. Leeds. | Conducted police internal enquiry in 1981. | Retired 1.4.1989, shortly after reading O’ Gara manuscript. |
| Det. Superintendent Frank Morritt. Leeds | Jim Hobson’s assistant and confidante | Retired |
| Chief Inspector Bullock. Leeds. | Investigated the Jackson murder | Retired |
| Chief Superintendent John Clark. Dewsbury. | In control of Sutcliffe as a suspect. | Insisted that Sutcliffe be interviewed by senior officers after his arrest. Retired |
| Bob Baxter Wakefield. | Chief press officers. W.Yorks police. | Facilitated a police cover up. |
| A.C.C. Thomas M.Cook. Wakefield | Currently A.C.C. for crime | Engaged in the cover-up. |
| Chief Constable Peter Nobes. Wakefield | Assisted D.C.C. Colin Sampson in police internal enquiry | Retired 1993. |
| Superintendent Peter Silvester (community Affairs). Leeds. | Helped organise publicity campaign to identify the Geordie tape in 1979. | Retired. |
| Det. Superintendent Geoge MacKeating. Wakefield | Came to Ireland in 1988 to collect murder weapon. | |
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Det. Chief Superintendent Dick Holland. Bradford
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In overall command in late 1979 when Oldfield had a heart attact. He got the tip-off from O’Gara. | After Sutcliffe’s arrest, he offered him a deal for his admissions. He later told the Sunday Times journalist that a special squd should be set up to get the Irishman. Demoted and Resigned in 1983 |
| Assistant Chief Constable John Domaille. Bradford.
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In charge of the Tina Atkinson murder and once in overall control | He reissued the identikit photo of the bearded Irishman in 1977. Resigned in 1984 |
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Det.Chief Superintendent Peter Gilrain. Bradford.
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In charge of the Leach murder and later in overall charge of enquiry. | Resigned 1983 |
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Chief Superintendent Keith Hellewell . |
Interviewed Sutcliffe in Jail, Sends him XMAS cards |
Moved to Humberside Police Force. Chief Constable of W. Yorks police since Feb 1993 |
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Det. Sgt. Peter Smith. Bradford.
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Conducted Sutcliffe’s 3rd interview | At Sutcliffe’s interrogation. ” Wrote down confession.” Retired in 1985 |
| Det. Chief Inspector George Smith. Bradford | Investigated Leach murder. | Searched Sutcliffe’s house on arrest.No evidence found Retired in 1981. |
| Chief Superintendent Trevor Lapish. Bradford | Investigated Pearson murder in 1978. | Retired |
| Detective Chief Inspector Wiseman. Bradford. | Investigated the Atkinson and Pearson murders. | Retired |
| Detective Constable Andrew Laptew. Bradford. | Interviewed Sutcliffe in 1979 | Named Sutcliffe as ‘Ripper’.suspect . His reports were shelved by Chief Supt. Holland |
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Detective Inspector John Boyle. Bradford
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On Ripper squad. | Recipent of Sutcliffe’s “confession”. Visited Tracey in 1983 in Ireland. Resigned July 1988. Now in jail! |
| Detective Sgt. John Mason. Bradford. | On ripper squad. | Assisted John Boyle with Tracey in 1983 in Ireland and met O’ Gara in 1988. |
| Detective Superintendent Peter Penny. Bradford. | Investigated the Rogulsky assault in 1975. | Retired |
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Chief Constable James Anderton. Manchester
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Jean Jordan and Vera Millward murders. He was a Ripper suspect himself at one time because of his resemblance to Tracey and his lay preachers attitude towards prostitution. |
Doesn’t want to be told about it. |
| Chief Superintendent Jack Ridgeway.Manchester
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Chief of Manchester C.I.D. in charge of the Jordan and Millward murders. | Resigned. |
| Chief Inspector Frank Atkinson Manchester. | On Ripper squad. | Got the tip-off “Ripper” identity from N O’ Gara in November 1979. Resigned. |
| Detective Sgt. Fletcher. Manchester. | On Ripper squad | Got the tip-off “Ripper” identity from N O’ Gara in November 1979. Resigned. |
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Deputy Chief Constable John Stalker. Manchester.
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Crime | Investigated O’ Gara’s allegations in 1987 after his reinstatement as A.C.C. Resigned 1987 |
| Detective Constable Henderson. Manchester. | Crime | Met N. O’ Gara at airport in November 1979. |
| Detective Constable Page Manchester. | Crime | Met N. O’ Gara in November 1979. |
| Police Constable Webster. Manchester. |
Investigated Jordan murder. | |
| Chief Constable A. Laugharne Preston. | Control of the Harrison murder enquiry. | Retired 1983. |
| Deputy Chief Constable J.W. Moody. Preston. | Responsible for the Harrison murder enquiry | Retired 1984 |
| Detective Chief Supt. Wilfred Brooks. Preston. | In control of the Harrison murder enquiry | with Oldfild at Geordie tape press-conference. Resigned 1983 |
| Chief supt Ray Rimmer. Preston. | Crime | Informed in 1983 by O’ Gara. Resigned. |
| Detective Constable Frank Gardner. Preston | Interviewed Sutcliffe after his arrest re : Harrison murder. | Sutcliffe was eliminated by him. |
| Detective Superintendant Graham Gooch. Lancashire Police HQ.
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In 2001 he officially dismissed all this evidence. | Graham Gooch – Course Leader, Police & Criminal Investigation ggooch@uclan.ac.uk 01772 894387 MB128 (Maudland Building) Graham Gooch is lecturer in police and criminal investigation. He joined the university in July 2001 having served for thirty years in the police service. The first 20 years in the Metropolitan Police: the last ten as senior investigating officer in the Lancashire Constabulary. |
Police Sgt. Robert Ring Sheffield.
Crime Arrested Sutcliffe on suspicion in Sheffield. Retired.Sgt. John Oldham. CreweDuty Sgt when Richard Webb was charged with the murder.Det. Chief Supt. Bert Spencer Congleton.Head of Cheshire C.I.D. Resigned. overall charge of murder of Josephine Gross- Niklaus. Resigned.Det. Chief Inspector Neville Jones, Congleton.In charge of prosecuting court case for police.Resigned.Det. Sgt. John Evans Congleton.Gross- Nicklaus murderArrested, interroggated and intimidated Webb. Resigned.Inspector Derek Edwin Farmer. ChesterGross- Nicklaus murder Arrested, interroggated and intimidated Webb. Commander Jim Neville Scotland Yard. Called in to assist ripper enquiry in December 1979. Resigned 1981. Detective Chief Supt. Joe Bolton. Scotland Yard. Called in to assist ripper enquiry in December 1979. Resigned.Assistant Chief Constable Brian Johnson. Northumbria.To trace the Geordie voice.With Oldfield at Geordie tape press-conference in 1979. Now Chief Constable of Lancashire Police.
Arrest of Sutcliffe in Sheffield.Knowing Sutcliffe was not the Ripper he ordered his men not to comment on the arrest.
| Det Sgt Desmond O’Boyle Leeds
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was involved in interviewing Sutcliffe after he was taken from Sheffield. O’Boyle knew Sutcliffe was not the Ripper and knew he was O blood group and had been eliminated by him previously.
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promoted to Inspector for his involvement in the confessions of Sutcliffe. Sold his story full of lies and distortions to the Sun in 2003. |
