THE brother of Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe is waiting to hear which prison he has been moved to, following his apparent move back to jail after 32 years.

It was today reported that the 70-year-old serial killer from Bradford had been moved out of Broadmoor top security psychiatric hospital, where he has been detained since 1984, and back to prison.

The former lorry driver, from Heaton, was originally sent to Parkhurst Prison on the Isle of Wight after he was given 20 life terms in 1981 for murdering 13 women and attempting to kill seven more during a six-year spree across the North.

Earlier this month it was revealed that a mental health tribunal had ruled Sutcliffe, who now uses his mother’s maiden name of Coonan, was safe enough to be moved to a prison establishment A national newspaper today reported that he had been moved yesterday.

His brother, Mick Sutcliffe, 65, said: “I spoke to him on the phone on Monday evening and he said he wouldn’t be surprised if they moved him this week.

“He didn’t know where he was going, but he thought it might be HMP Frankland in Durham.

“They hadn’t told him when it would be, but his favourite nurse told him she would make him a leaving breakfast on Tuesday.

“He said he would call to tell me where he was once he had access to a phone. But I haven’t heard anything yet.”

Richard McCann, son of Sutcliffe’s first murder victim Wilma McCann, was also waiting for official confirmation of the Ripper’s move.

He said yesterday: “They informed me a few weeks ago this was going to happen, and if he has been moved they will tell me, but it might take a couple of days.

“I am not going to celebrate. It’s where the doctors deem he is fit to go, so that’s where he deserves to be.

“Members of the public, not to mention families affected by his crimes, will be welcoming the news, as well as taxpayers.”

Mr McCann added: “It’s another part of the ongoing saga of Peter Sutcliffe, who has been around in my world for 41 years, since my mum died. He’s locked up. It doesn’t bring her back, but it’s only right he’s there.”

Sutcliffe was sent to Broadmoor after he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia following his life sentence in 1981. He will continue to have his mental health assessed in prison and could be returned to a psychiatric hospital if there is a change in his condition.

Sutcliffe is serving a whole life tariff, meaning that he will die in custody.

It has been estimated that the move will save the taxpayer hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Figures show that it costs around £325,000 per year to keep a patient in Broadmoor, compared with around £45,000 per year in a category A prison.

Sutcliffe mutilated and beat to death his victims. He was caught when police found him with a prostitute in his car in Sheffield.

A Prison Service spokesman said: “We do not comment on individuals.”