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Judge Jarvis said Fry needed to receive help in prison before being released into society. He added: 'The aim was to frighten and scare, not to do anything else.' He said Fry had felt he had under-achieved throughout his life. He became known as the Yorkshire Ripper after mutilating their bodies with a hammer, a sharpened screwdriver and a knife.Д¬harles Gabb, defending, told Dorchester Crown Court the attacks had been a вЂdesperate cryвЂ™ for attention. He said he believed he was on a 'mission from God' to kill prostitutes - although not all of his victims were. It was on July 5, 1975, just 11 months after he married, that Sutcliffe first attacked a woman with a hammer. Sutcliffe was caught after one of the most notorious murder hunts in British criminal history. 'He thought it was a large blunt instrument that would have a visual impact on his victims.' She said: 'Asked about the use of the hammer on the two occasions he said he obtained that idea from reading books and also research on the internet about the Yorkshire Ripper. 'It is thanks to the courage of the victims and the tenacity of the investigative team that Fry is now serving that prison sentence.'Д¬arolyn Branford-Wood, prosecuting, said Fry made no secret of his interest in the Yorkshire Ripper. Sentenced: Fry was jailed for four years at Dorchester Crown Court last week

'The public are now protected as a result of him being put in prison. 'He appears to have come from a normal family background but somewhere along the line he became infatuated by Peter Sutcliffe. Had we not caught him when we did, goodness knows what he would have gone on to do. 'I think he was progressing and pushing the boundaries. 'There was an escalation of violence in her case and there is little doubt that Fry was in his infancy of his crimes.

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'She had the presence of mind to take a registration number which we are very thankful for. Luckily she didnвЂ™t suffer serious injuries, just bruising. She had just put the dogs in the boot of the car when she heard FryвЂ™s footsteps on the gravel behind her.ДCI Powley said: 'She was twice struck from behind to the back of the head. On February 22 this year, Fry followed Mrs Thompson as she walked a friendвЂ™s dog in woods at Langdon Hill, Bridport. He said a hammer was later found hanging on a fence near the scene.

She fought him off with an umbrella she was carrying otherwise it could have been a lot worse.' 'As she turned around he punched her in the face. He also left a hammer at the scene as he ran off.ДЄ year before the two attacks the supermarket worker was stopped and searched by the police after a frightened women reported that he had been following her.ДЇry was caught after Mrs Thompson managed to remember part of his car registration number despite being beaten with a hammer.ДЄ court heard that FryвЂ™s first attack happened on December 15 last year in Dorchester, Dorset.Дetective Chief Inspector Paul Powley, of Dorset police, said: 'She walked passed him and thought there was something not quite right. Two months earlier the teenager attacked 32-year-old Maria Clarke while she walked along an alleyway.ДЇry punched her in the face and was beaten off when Miss Clark lashed out at him with her umbrella. He then fled the scene, dropping the weapon along the way. He crept up on 37-year-old dog walker Gemma Thompson and struck her twice on the head with a hammer. The court heard h e researched mass murderer Peter Sutcliffe extensively before he stalked his two victims as they walked alone in secluded parks. Stefan Fry, 18, was jailed for four years at Dorchester Crown Court last week. Sentenced: Stefan Fry, 18, inspired by the Yorkshire Ripper, has been jailed for four years, after assaulting a woman with a hammerДЄ teenager who was obsessed with the Yorkshire Ripper carried out copycat attacks on lone women while armed with a hammer.

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