Yorkshire Ripper, 74, clinging to life after refusing all treatment for deadly Covid-19 in hospital
YORKSHIRE Ripper Peter Sutcliffe is today clinging to life in hospital with deadly Covid-19 - after REFUSING all treatment.
Sources said the monster, 74, had been rushed from his isolation cell in top security Frankland jail, Co Durham, yesterday after his symptoms worsened.
Worried prison medics quickly raised the alarm because Sutcliffe is high risk due to his age, ill-health and being overweight.
But in a dramatic twist, The Sun can reveal the serial killer has so far refused to allow doctors to treat him.
A source said: "The doctors have warned him they can do nothing for him unless he agrees.
"One treatment would be the steroid dexamethasone, but if he refuses all help, he's really dancing with death.
"It'll just be a question of whether his body is strong enough to fight off the virus on its own or not."
The Sun revealed how Sutcliffe had first been rushed to hospital two weeks' ago complaining of shortness of breath and crushing chest pains.
He was discharged on Tuesday, only to test positive for coronavirus on Friday once back in prison.
Sutcliffe was moved into strict isolation and monitored.
But over the weekend his health nose-dived, forcing medics' hands.
He was taken to University Hospital of North Durham yesterday.
A source added: "His condition is serious enough now for it to be a genuine worry."
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Sutcliffe was jailed in 1981 for 13 murders and seven attempted murders.
Three years later, he was moved to Broadmoor Hospital in Berkshire suffering from paranoid schizophrenia.
After 32 years, psychiatrists ruled he was stable enough to be moved back to jail and in 2016 he was transferred to Frankland.
