Peter Sutcliffe has been given taxpayers’ cash to fund a number of criminal and civil cases
The Yorkshire Ripper has been given more than £42,000 in legal aid since he was put behind bars.
Peter Sutcliffe, who butchered 13 women and tried to kill seven others, was gifted the taxpayers’ money to fund a number of criminal and civil cases.
The handouts include £21,506 for legal assistance for mental health cases, thought to include attempts to fight his move to a category A jail last year.
The murderer was also granted £3,145 for human rights claims against the prison service as well as £1,373 for a failed parole attempt in 2008, according to a Freedom of Information request.
Neil Jackson, 59, son of his second victim Emily Jackson who was killed in 1976, told The Sun of the funding: ‘It’s wrong and it shames our country.’
Sutcliffe was moved to HMP Frankland in County Durham after it was ruled he is now sane
Sutcliffe was given 20 life sentences in 1981 and was transferred to Broadmoor three years later after being diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic.
But he was moved from the psychiatric hospital to HMP Frankland in County Durham in August last year after it was ruled he is now sane.
Sutcliffe is already said to have had a run in with child killer Ian Huntley (pictured)
The 71-year-old will now live out his days with killers and other inmates in the high-security prison who are fully aware of his monstrous crimes.
In February, Sutcliffe’s brother revealed he had already had a run in with child killer Ian Huntley.
Huntley is serving two life sentences for murdering ten-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2002.
Today, Harry Fletcher, founder of Voice4Victims, said it was disgraceful that the serial killer got thousands of pounds for questionable cases.
He said: ‘This shows there is an urgent need to thoroughly revise the provision of legal aid.’
The Legal Aid Agency said that legal aid in criminal cases is subject to a strict means test.