{"id":233551,"date":"2023-09-26T10:16:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T10:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mystylenews.com\/?p=233551"},"modified":"2023-09-26T10:16:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T10:16:43","slug":"son-of-yorkshire-ripper-victim-wanted-revenge-until-learning-to-let-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mystylenews.com\/world-news\/son-of-yorkshire-ripper-victim-wanted-revenge-until-learning-to-let-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Son of Yorkshire Ripper victim wanted revenge until learning to let go"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Son who was just five when his mother became Yorkshire Ripper&#8217;s first victim reveals how he wanted to kill him in revenge but after speaking to Desmond Tutu learned to forgive Peter Sutcliffe<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Richard McCann spoke of his hatred for Peter Sutcliffe until he learned to let go\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The son of the Yorkshire Ripper&#8217;s first victim Wilma McCann revealed how he had plotted revenge on the\u00a0depraved serial killer before speaking to Desmond Tutu and learning the power of forgiveness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Richard McCann said he had hated evil\u00a0Peter Sutcliffe\u00a0until he eventually learned to let go.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Good Morning Britain about the moment he learned of Sutcliffe&#8217;s death in 2020, he said he didn&#8217;t celebrate it, but the next day &#8216;things felt different&#8217; and like &#8216;something had been released &#8211; something beautiful somehow&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he&#8217; hated his soul&#8217; by presenter Richard Madeley, Mr McCann admitted, &#8216;I did. Me and Sonia plotted revenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She was going to write to him and befriend him then go visit him and go kill him \u2013 that was how we thought all those years ago, but I&#8217;ve been on a bit of a journey for the last 48 years and I let go of the anger and the need for revenge in 2010 when I met Desmond Tutu and spoke about forgiveness and I decided to let go of that and forgive.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/21\/75826073-12559511-image-a-9_1695674523615.jpg\" height=\"954\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The tragic final days of Wilma McCann, 28, and Sutcliffe&#8217;s second victim Emily Jackson, 42, will be re-told in ITV&#8217;s The Long Shadow which is airing across seven episodes<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/21\/75826067-12559511-image-a-10_1695674526052.jpg\" height=\"1034\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sutcliffe would go on to kill a further 11 women and attack several others<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/09\/75841199-12561139-image-a-1_1695717313695.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Richard McCann spoke about his journey towards finding forgiveness and learning to let go\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/10\/75841597-12561139-image-a-16_1695720295528.jpg\" height=\"452\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Mr McCann said it was Desmond Tutu who taught him about forgiveness\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Desmond Tutu&#8217;s words were &#8216;you can&#8217;t force a person to forgive another but when it occurs it can change a situation&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I thought, I can&#8217;t change my mum&#8217;s death, I can&#8217;t bring her back but I can change how it impacts on me and I let it go.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I didn&#8217;t become his friend incidentally. I used to think forgiveness was for the other person, it&#8217;s not. Forgiveness is for you, to let go of the anger and need for revenge.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Asked if we&#8217;d still have had capital punishment in the eighties and Sutcliffe had been hanged how he&#8217;d feel now, Mr McCann said he feels that would have been the wrong thing to do.<\/p>\n<p>The son of the Yorkshire Ripper&#8217;s first victim earlier paid tribute to his mother as an\u00a0ITV drama recalling the hunt for\u00a0Peter Sutcliffe\u00a0aired last night.<\/p>\n<p>The tragic final days of Wilma, 28, and Sutcliffe&#8217;s second victim Emily Jackson, 42, will be re-told in The Long Shadow across seven episodes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The women were murdered in Leeds three months apart in late 1975 and early 1976. Sutcliffe would go on to kill a further 11 women and attack several others.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tweeting just minutes before the programme aired, Mr McCann said: &#8216;Not sure why I feel so nervous about the airing of the ITV drama The Long Shadow starting in a few minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Thinking of you mum more than I ever have for years as people get to see you showing love for your children.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/09\/75841197-12561139-image-a-2_1695717316781.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Richard McCann said he had hated evil Peter Sutcliffe until he eventually learned to let go<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/21\/75826103-12559511-image-a-11_1695674545413.jpg\" height=\"991\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tweeting just minutes before the programme aired, Richard McCann said:\u00a0&#8216;Thinking of you mum more than I ever have for years as people get to see you showing love for your children&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Wilma, who was a mother-of-four, was brutally murdered just 100 yards away from her house on October 30 1975, after Sutcliffe\u00a0hit her with a hammer and stabbed her 15 times in the chest, neck and abdomen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:\u00a0Who were the 13 Yorkshire Ripper victims killed by Peter Sutcliffe? Remembering the women who lost their lives<\/h3>\n<p>The young woman, from Scott Hall in Leeds, will be portrayed by Gemma Laurie, while Sutcliffe&#8217;s second victim will be depicted by Katherine Kelly.<\/p>\n<p>The murder of Wilma, who was a sex worker, came after Sutcliffe had attacked three women that same year.<\/p>\n<p>The women &#8211; Anna Rogulskyj, Olive Smelt and Tracy Browne &#8211; had all miraculously escaped with their lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On the night of October 29, McCann had said goodnight to her children and then headed out drinking.<\/p>\n<p>She was seen at four pubs &#8211; including the Regent and White Sawn &#8211; drinking whiskies an beer.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the evening, she ended up at a drinking club, where she continued consuming alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>Having left the club very drunk after 1am, she staggered around looking for a lift home and was seen by Sutcliffe, who stopped his car and picked her up.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/21\/75631101-12559511-Wilma_McCann_s_children_From_left_to_right_Richard_then_five_Son-a-4_1695674498633.jpg\" height=\"463\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Wilma McCann&#8217;s children. From left to right: Richard (then five), Sonje (then seven), Angela (three), and Donna (four)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/21\/75631107-12559511-The_sex_worker_was_attacked_and_brutally_murdered_just_100_yards-a-5_1695674501339.jpg\" height=\"418\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The sex worker was attacked and brutally murdered just 100 yards away from her house on October 30, 1975. Sutcliffe hit her with a hammer and stabbed her 15 times in the chest, neck and abdomen. Her body was found in Prince Philip Playing fields. Above: The site where Wilma&#8217;s body was found<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/21\/75631099-12559511-Police_search_for_Wilma_McCann_the_Yorkshire_Ripper_s_first_vict-a-6_1695674503334.jpg\" height=\"468\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Police search for Wilma McCann, the Yorkshire Ripper&#8217;s first victim<\/p>\n<p>He parked his car near Prince Philip Playing fields and, after suggesting that they have sex on the grass, attacked and killed her.<\/p>\n<p>The first episode of The Long Shadow opens with Wilma&#8217;s children waking up to find their mother gone.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers then see the moment her body is discovered.<\/p>\n<p>Detective Chief Superintendent Dennis Hoban &#8211; aware that women of &#8216;loose morals&#8217; may not inspire public sympathy &#8211; is seen opting to direct public attention to Wilma&#8217;s role as a mother.<\/p>\n<p>However, it would ultimately be more than five years before Wilma&#8217;s killer was caught.<\/p>\n<p>Sutcliffe then carried on life as normal with his wife Sonia.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/21\/75737035-12559511-image-a-7_1695674506453.jpg\" height=\"605\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/21\/75812765-12559511-Peter_Sutcliffe_murdered_13_women_between_1975_and_1980_He_also_-a-8_1695674509485.jpg\" height=\"824\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sutcliffe murdered 13 women between 1975 and 1980. He also attempted to take the lives of several more<\/p>\n<p>He would go on to tell police: &#8216;After that first time I developed and played up a hatred for prostitutes in order to justify within myself a reason why I had attacked and killed Wilma McCann.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in 2020, Wilma&#8217;s son Richard criticised the way police had described his mother and some of Sutcliffe&#8217;s other victims.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My mum was more than just a &#8216;good time girl&#8217; or a &#8216;woman of loose morals&#8217;, as she was described by the police,&#8217; he said in a video.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I hate the things that they said about some of the women, including my mum.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s like they seem to forget the person behind that black and white mugshot that I hated for years.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12561139\/yorkshire-ripper-victims-son-kill-peter-sutcliffe-revenge-desmond-tutu-forgive.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Son who was just five when his mother became Yorkshire Ripper&#8217;s first victim reveals how he wanted to kill him in revenge but after speaking&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233550,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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