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The Ripper’s Lorry Murders #1

The Ripper’s Lorry Murders 1: Bedgebury Forest Woman by TIM HICKS and CHRIS CLARK ~~~~~ Until now, the conventional wisdom was that all of Sutcliffe’s attacks were launched from his car. Chris, however, was convinced that this was not so [...]

October 25, 2019 Police

Obituary: Andrew Laptew: Police Officer

Obituary: Andrew Laptew: Police Officer by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ I was deeply saddened when NYE contributor Chris Clark told me that Andrew Laptew had died of cancer. I have studied the Yorkshire Ripper case for many years and in my [...]

September 5, 2019 Police

The Ripper Strikes South

The Ripper Strikes South by TIM HICKS & CHRIS CLARK ~~~~~ Introduction Following on from the new evidence gathered by the authors and NYE citizen journalist Nigel Ward, and revealed in the article “Hope”: New Evidence. The authors have had [...]

August 25, 2019 Police

The Ripper Strikes North

The Ripper Strikes North by TIM HICKS and CHRIS CLARK ~~~~~ Introduction Following on from the new evidence gathered by the authors and NYE citizen journalist Nigel Ward, and revealed in the article “Hope”: New evidence. The authors have had [...]

July 17, 2019 North Yorkshire Police

“Money for Old Rope”

In a satirical spirit, the North Yorks Enquirer presents the one-hundred-and-eighty-first in a continuing series of so-called “Photoons” – cartoons developed from digital photographs – highlighting the more amusing aspects of current affairs in North Yorkshire and far beyond. Readers [...]

July 11, 2019 Photoons

Police Reform: Police Chiefs support NYE

Police Reform: Police Chiefs support NYE A Letter to the Editor from NYE crime correspondent TIM HICKS. ~~~~~ Sir, You will no doubt remember that in our article Cleveland Police a force in trouble Chris Clark and I advocated reform [...]

July 8, 2019 Letters, North Yorkshire Police

Nude in the Nettles: New Developments

Nude in the Nettles: New Developments by Tim Hicks and Chris Clark ~~~~~ Introduction Some time ago, NYE writers Chris Clark and Tim Hicks started to investigate the “Nude in the Nettles murder”. One of the greatest murder mysteries in [...]

June 6, 2019 North Yorkshire Police

Yorkshire Ripper was NOT a “fantastic lorry driver”

Yorkshire Ripper was NOT a “fantastic lorry driver” A Letter to the Editor form regular NYE Crime Correspondent TIM HICKS, commenting on the inappropriate Tweets of tasteless Tom SESTON, Conservative candidate for the Hunmanby ward in the forthcoming local elections [...]

April 12, 2019 Letters

Halliwell’s Undetected Victims

Halliwell’s Undetected Victims by TIM HICKS & CHRIS CLARK ~~~~~ 5.6. Halliwell’s Undetected Victims Introduction The illustration above poses the question “Did serial killer Christopher Halliwell commit more murders than Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe?”. That is an imponderable. However, a [...]

November 2, 2018 Police

Christopher Halliwell: How Many Victims?

Christopher Halliwell: How Many Victims? by CHRIS CLARK & TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Introduction This article is part of the NYE Christopher Halliwell Series: The breaking of Detective Superintendent Stephen Fulcher  – by Tim Hicks Book review: “Catching a serial killer” [...]

July 17, 2018 Police