Ripper's brother says he faked madness for decades to avoid tough prison

Carl Sutcliffe, left, says sick killer brother Peter has feigned illness to live a cushy life

THE Yorkshire Ripper has feigned insanity for decades to avoid being sent to a tough maximum security prison, his brother has sensationally claimed.

Yorkshire Ripper Sutcliffe in two separate mugshots

Carl Sutcliffe, 50, spoke out after his older brother Peter, who murdered 13 women, is set to be moved from Broadmoor psychiatric hospital to prison as his treatment for paranoid schizophrenia is now over. 

He told The Daily Mail said: "I've never believed Peter was mad. He never showed signs of schizophrenia as a child. 

"I know he's been trying to get out of Broadmoor for a while. He's fed up with it, even though it's fairly cushy. 


"He's wicked. I don't care if he's in prison or in Broadmoor, as long as they never let him out.
Carl also claimed he understood when Sutcliffe was arrested, he had planned to "make out he was mad and then he'd get an easy ride".