Man charged over attack on Ripper

Sutcliffe is already blind in one eye

A man has been charged after Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe was injured in an attack at Broadmoor hospital.

The 61-year-old serial murderer was allegedly attacked with a cutlery knife by a fellow inmate at the secure mental hospital in Berkshire in December.

Thames Valley Police said Patrick Sureda, 42, was charged with attempted wounding with intent on 28 February.

Sutcliffe, who was jailed for life in 1981, is already blind in one eye after a previous attack.

The former lorry driver from Bradford in West Yorkshire was sentenced to 20 life sentences for murdering 13 women and attempting to kill seven more across Yorkshire and in Manchester.

He was told by the judge that he would serve a minimum of 30 years.

Legal challenge

Sutcliffe is currently making a legal bid for freedom by claiming his human rights have been breached.

His lawyer Saimo Chahal claims the Home Office disregarded his human rights because they failed to formally fix a tariff for his sentence.

Sutcliffe began his sentence in prison but three years later was diagnosed with schizophrenia and was transferred to Broadmoor.

Ms Chahal, who specialises in civil liberties and social welfare as a partner at London-based Bindmans & Partners, aims to get Sutcliffe back into the prison system and has requested a reassessment of his psychiatric condition.