A senior police officer has launched a scathing attack on the use of the Human Rights Act by murderers and rapists to protect themselves from UK law.
Detective Chief Superintendent Chris Gregg said dangerous criminals were trying to use the legislation to complain about their own human rights being breached.
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Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe is making a legal bid for freedom by claiming his human rights have been breached.
The 61-year-old will be represented by female lawyer Saimo Chahal, who will argue the Home Office disregarded his human rights because they failed to fix a tariff for his sentence.
Sutcliffe was jailed in 1981 after murdering 13 women and attempting to kill seven more across Yorkshire and in Manchester.
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