{"id":222689,"date":"2023-09-25T17:24:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T17:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/?p=222689"},"modified":"2023-09-25T17:24:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T17:24:54","slug":"how-wilma-mccann-and-emily-jackson-were-first-yorkshire-ripper-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/world-news\/how-wilma-mccann-and-emily-jackson-were-first-yorkshire-ripper-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"How Wilma McCann and Emily Jackson were first Yorkshire Ripper victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>How Wilma McCann and Emily Jackson were the first two women to be murdered by the Yorkshire Ripper\u2026 as ITV drama The Long Shadow depicts their final moments<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wilma McCann, 28, and Emily Jackson, 42 were murdered in 1975 and 1976<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>They are portrayed in The Long Shadow by Gemma Laurie and Katherine Kelly<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The first was a mother-of-four and the second was a woman who had felt forced to take to sex work to ease Christmas-time financial pressures.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wilma McCann, 28, and Emily Jackson, 42 were the first two victims of Peter Sutcliffe, the monster who became known as the Yorkshire Ripper.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, their tragic final days are re-told in ITV\u00a0drama The Long Shadow, which is airing across seven episodes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wilma is portrayed by Gemma Laurie, whilst Katherine Kelly depicts Emily.\u00a0 \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\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/14\/75630259-12557707-Wilma_McCann_was_the_first_of_Peter_Sutcliffe_s_victims_she_was_-m-10_1695649742690.jpg\" height=\"367\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/14\/75719993-12557707-New_ITV_drama_The_Long_Shadow_focuses_on_the_Ripper_s_victims_Ab-a-11_1695649754281.jpg\" height=\"367\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Wilma McCann was the first of Peter Sutcliffe&#8217;s victims &#8211; she was a 28-year-old mother-of-four from Scott Hall Avenue in Leeds. She is portrayed in the new ITV drama by Gemma Laurie<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/15\/75812765-12557707-image-a-15_1695650723173.jpg\" height=\"824\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Peter Sutcliffe murdered 13 women between 1975 and 1980. He also attempted to take the lives of several more<\/p>\n<p>The murder of Wilma on October 30, 1975, came after Sutcliffe had attacked three women that same year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE: The Yorkshire Ripper Files: A forensic look at the 13 victims slaughtered by Peter Sutcliffe in his five-year reign of terror &#8211; ahead of new ITV drama The Long Shadow\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>The women &#8211;\u00a0Anna Rogulskyj, Olive Smelt and Tracy Browne &#8211; had all miraculously escaped with their lives.<\/p>\n<p>Wilma, a sex worker, was attacked just 100 yards away from her house on October 30, 1975.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/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>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.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/15\/75737691-12557707-image-m-20_1695650788623.jpg\" height=\"460\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/15\/75719819-12557707-New_ITV_drama_The_Long_Shadow_focuses_on_the_Ripper_s_victims_Ab-a-21_1695650793355.jpg\" height=\"460\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Emily Jackson was from Morley in Leeds. The 42-year-old died after being stabbed 52 times. She is portrayed in The Long Shadow by Katherine Kelly\u00a0<\/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.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sutcliffe then carried on life as normal with his wife Sonia.<\/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 &#8220;good time girl&#8221; or a &#8220;woman of loose morals&#8221;, 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><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/12\/75737035-0-image-a-3_1695639815630.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\/15\/75631101-12557707-Wilma_McCann_s_children_From_left_to_right_Richard_then_five_Son-a-24_1695650908724.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\/15\/75631107-12557707-The_sex_worker_was_attacked_and_brutally_murdered_just_100_yards-a-22_1695650901463.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\/15\/75631099-12557707-Police_search_for_Wilma_McCann_the_Yorkshire_Ripper_s_first_vict-a-23_1695650901733.jpg\" height=\"468\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Police search for Wilma McCann, the Yorkshire Ripper&#8217;s first victim<\/p>\n<p>Sutcliffe struck again on January 20, 1976.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Emily was from Morley in Leeds. The 42-year-old died after being stabbed 52 times.<\/p>\n<p>The first episode of the Long Shadow shows how she was desperate to make enough money for her and her husband Sydney to see through the New Year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Seeing no other option, she opts to take up part-time sex work. The episode ends with the moment that Emily got into Sutcliffe&#8217;s car.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sutcliffe had picked her up outside the Gaiety pub on Roundhay Road, where she was soliciting for business.<\/p>\n<p>After Emily had told him an encounter would cost \u00a35, he drove on Roundhay Road to a derelict patch of land.<\/p>\n<p>He then stopped his car and pretended it wouldn&#8217;t start.<\/p>\n<p>As she tried to help him by holding her lighter while he looked under the bonnet, he battered her twice with a hammer.<\/p>\n<p>He then dragged her body into a yard and used a screwdriver to viciously stab her.<\/p>\n<p>Her body was found on nearby Manor Street by a workman on the morning of January 21.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/12\/75737059-0-image-a-2_1695639807160.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\/15\/75631097-12557707-Derelict_buildings_on_Manor_Street_Leeds_where_the_body_of_Emily-a-25_1695650925256.jpg\" height=\"437\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Derelict buildings on Manor Street, Leeds, where the body of Emily Jackson was found<\/p>\n<p>Sutcliffe would later tell police: &#8216;At that time I had a feeling of satisfaction and justification for what I&#8217;d done.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I found that I didn&#8217;t have any blood on my clothes which I could see, so I had no need to dispose of them.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Sutcliffe&#8217;s next murders came in 1977, when he took the lives of four women: Irene Richardson, Patricia Atkinson, 16-year-old Jayne MacDonald and Jean Jordan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The following year, he murdered Yvonne Pearson, Helen Rytka and Vera Millward.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And, as police shifted their attention in the wrong direction to Sunderland after the interventions of the now-notorious hoaxer who became known as Wearside Jack, Sutcliffe&#8217;s killing spree carried on.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/15\/62114041-12557707-Yorkshire_Ripper_Peter_Sutcliffe_is_portrayed_in_The_Long_Shadow-a-34_1695651277590.jpg\" height=\"344\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/15\/75289743-12557707-Sutcliffe-a-33_1695651277422.jpg\" height=\"344\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe is portrayed in The Long Shadow by Mark Stobbart (pictured left on set last September). Right: Sutcliffe<\/p>\n<p>In 1979 he took the lives of Josephine Whitaker and Barbara Leach. The following year, the final two Ripper victims met their fates.<\/p>\n<p>Civil servant Marguerite Walls and 20-year-old Jacqueline Hill were both murdered in Leeds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sutcliffe was finally caught in January 1981, when he was stopped while driving with false number plates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In The Long Shadow, he is portrayed by Mark Stobbart but does not make an appearance until the final two episodes\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12557707\/Wilma-McCann-Emily-Jackson-Yorkshire-Ripper-ITV-Long-Shadow.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Wilma McCann and Emily Jackson were the first two women to be murdered by the Yorkshire&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222688,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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