![]() The court heard that he told detectives that cuts to his hands were because of the "slicing and dicing". He told police he'd eaten Rushworth's thighs and disposed of her body." Smith added: "He said he'd eaten part of her body. When police arrested Griffiths in May, Griffiths replied: "I am Osama bin Laden."ĭuring the interview, he told police: "I've killed a lot more than Suzanne Blamires." The prosecution said that had R entered the flat she would have become his fourth victim. He offered her £80 for an hour and said he could pay for the whole night. ![]() Within an hour of killing Blamires, Griffiths approached another woman who was working as a prostitute, known as R, and asked her for business. A foot had been sawn off and found in a rucksack. In total, there were 81 body parts belonging to Blamires found in the river. A member of the public found a heavy bag containing her head submerged in the river Aire at Shipley. The neighbour heard a woman scream in pain and shout: "Get off me, you ignorant bastard." There was a heavy thump and silence.Ī pathologist discovered a bolt and part of a knife embedded in her skull. A neighbour, who said the walls were paper-thin, said they heard the sound of banging and rising voices that continued for half an hour. It emerged that the woman was his final victim, Blamires. Two vice squad officers who were called to watch the CCTV recognised Griffiths: he had been brought to their attention at a briefing held in late 2009. "He fired it and pulled her into the flat by one of her legs." He later emerged and pointed the crossbow at the CCTV camera. Griffiths had a crossbow in his hand, which he pointed at the woman's body. Shortly afterwards, she was seen running out of the flat with Griffiths following. The caretaker went back through the footage and saw Griffiths enter his flat with a woman at 2.29am on 22 May. "He saw an image of someone on the third floor dragging a person into flat 33," Smith said. A number of sex workers had been seen entering Griffiths' flat, number 33. Gee had been warned not to approach Griffiths if he was alone in the flat as he was potentially violent and because of his unstable behaviour. Prosecutor Robert Smith QC, told the court that the case came to light this May when Peter Gee, the caretaker at the Holmfield Court flats in Bradford where Griffiths lived, examined CCTV footage from the previous weekend. His thesis was entitled Homicide in an Industrial City - Violence in Bradford 1847-1899. Griffiths was studying for a PhD in criminology at Bradford University. "He never said he regretted his actions or said in even the most perfunctory way he was sorry," the judge said. He said Griffiths' guilty pleas were entered without any remorse at all. Sentencing him to life in prison, Mr Justice Openshaw said: "The circumstances of these murders are so wicked and monstrous they leave me in no doubt the defendant should be kept in prison for the rest of his life." All three women had been working as prostitutes. Stephen Griffiths, 40, pleaded guilty at Leeds crown court to the murders of Susan Rushworth, 43, Shelley Armitage, 31, and 36-year-old Suzanne Blamires.
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