![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/tragedy-of-peter-sutcliffes-first-victim-continued-32-years-after-sick-attack/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_THE-LONG-SHADOW-EP1-22JPG.jpg&description=Peter Sutcliffe was known as the Yorkshire Ripper and was guilty of murdering at least thirteen women and attempting to murder seven others between 1975 and 1980 The writer of the new ITV drama The Long Shadow about the murders of Peter Sutcliffe has insisted the killer's final victim died 32 years after he began his sick attacks. Screenwriter George Kay says his series highlights how the impact Sutcliffe had went beyond his 13 female victims and devastated the lives of their 25 children even once he was behind bars. This included Sonia Newlands, the daughter of Wilma McCann who was Sutcliffe's first victim, who took her own life in 2007. Explaining one of the themes of his new series George said: "Police found Sonia McCann dead at her home. After battling alcohol addiction in a rehabilitation centre, Sonia had hanged herself. Her mother, Wilma, was the first of Peter Sutcliffe's 13 murder victims. "Sonia, who used her mother's maiden name, told a documentary about her continuing grief in 2005; 'I think most people remember the number 13 - the number of women Peter Sutcliffe killed. But what about the children? There's 25 of them and... no one remembers them'. And this is what our show, The Long Shadow, encapsulates. For in my view, thirty-two years after he first killed, Sonia Newlands became Peter Sutcliffe's final victim." The title of the drama has also been changed by screenwriter Kay to not include the 'Ripper' nickname that Sutcliffe was given as some families of victims do not like the way it has given him notoriety as a murderer. He spoke with a number of survivors, family members as well as many ex-police officers who were involved in the case. Sutcliffe, who carried out his hideous crimes on women between 1975 and 1980 eventually died while being held at Broadmoor Hospital aged 74 in November 2020. The cast of The Long Shadow includes former Coronation Street actress Katherine Kelly who plays victim Emily Jackson, Toby Jones who takes on the role of DCS D){kind=link}
Peter Sutcliffe was known as the Yorkshire Ripper and was guilty of murdering at least thirteen women and attempting to murder seven others between 1975 and 1980
The writer of the new ITV drama The Long Shadow about the murders of Peter Sutcliffe has insisted the killer’s final victim died 32 years after he began his sick attacks.
Screenwriter George Kay says his series highlights how the impact Sutcliffe had went beyond his 13 female victims and devastated the lives of their 25 children even once he was behind bars. This included Sonia Newlands, the daughter of Wilma McCann who was Sutcliffe’s first victim, who took her own life in 2007.
Explaining one of the themes of his new series George said: “Police found Sonia McCann dead at her home. After battling alcohol addiction in a rehabilitation centre, Sonia had hanged herself. Her mother, Wilma, was the first of Peter Sutcliffe’s 13 murder victims.
“Sonia, who used her mother’s maiden name, told a documentary about her continuing grief in 2005; ‘I think most people remember the number 13 – the number of women Peter Sutcliffe killed. But what about the children? There’s 25 of them and… no one remembers them’. And this is what our show, The Long Shadow, encapsulates. For in my view, thirty-two years after he first killed, Sonia Newlands became Peter Sutcliffe’s final victim.”