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Peter Sutcliffe has been left totally blind after injection to improve his sight was ‘bodged’

Yorkshire Ripper, 71, needs a white stick to stop him stumbling around prison after the treatment to clear blurriness caused by diabetes went wrong

YORKSHIRE Ripper Peter Sutcliffe has gone blind and  needs a white stick to stop himself stumbling around prison.

Sutcliffe, 71, lost the sight in his left eye in 1997 in an attack by a fellow inmate.

 Peter Sutcliffe was already blind in his left eye - following an attack by a fellow inmate in 1997 - and he's now lost vision in the other
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Peter Sutcliffe was already blind in his left eye - following an attack by a fellow inmate in 1997 - and he's now lost vision in the otherCredit: Ian Whittaker

But now the vision in his right eye has gone after an injection supposed to clear the blurriness caused by diabetes  went wrong.

He is furious with doctors, telling a friend: “They have f***** up my eyesight. They bodged it and I can’t see at all.

“I can’t watch the TV or read letters and emails. I made a cuppa but missed the cup with the milk — it’s awful.”

Serial killer Sutcliffe now needs a jail “buddy” to help him  get around Frankland Prison, Co Durham, in a wheelchair and will be applying for a white stick.

 Serial killer now needs a jail 'buddy' to help him get around Frankland Prison, Co Durham
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Serial killer now needs a jail 'buddy' to help him get around Frankland Prison, Co DurhamCredit: Ian Whittaker

The sight in his right eye has got worse in recent years because of diabetes.

Thousands of pounds has been spent trying to save his sight.

But a recent injection supposed to clear his sight went wrong, leaving him blind.

 Sutcliffe gets around Frankland Prison in a wheelchair and will be applying for a white stick
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Sutcliffe gets around Frankland Prison in a wheelchair and will be applying for a white stickCredit: PA:Press Association


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