the name given by the press to Peter Sutcliffe , an Englishman who murdered thirteen women and tried to kill several more in the north of England in the 1970s, before he was caught in 1981. The name was meant to suggest that his crimes were similar to those of Jack the Ripper .
YORKSHIRE RIPPER
Meaning of YORKSHIRE RIPPER in English
Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary. Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь. 2005