Victim’s mother Irene MacDonald on Peter Sutcliffe

Title

Victim’s mother Irene MacDonald on Peter Sutcliffe

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:19:25

Description

Interview with Irene MacDonald, mother of Jayne MacDonald, one of the victims of Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, following Sutcliffe being caught. About how she discovered her daughter had been murdered in 1977; the effect on her late husband and herself; and how she feels about offers of money from newspapers for the stories of those close to Peter Sutcliffe. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Irene MacDonald

Keywords

Deaths; Newspapers; Crime; Press; Women; Homicide; Murderers; Crime victims; Yorkshire Ripper; Peter Sutcliffe; Criminals; Legal decisions; Trials; Family; Married women; Victims of crime; Fathers; Verdicts; Mothers; Bereavement; Dead bodies; Sonia Sutcliffe; Jayne MacDonald; Wilfred MacDonald

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