John Tomey was lucky to survive after being brutally battered with a hammer in his car in 1967.
It left him with brain damage and a lifetime of trauma. He said: “I’d like to think I could put it behind me, but it’s in my memory 24/7. He’s there when I sleep. He’s there when I dream.
“Who would want to remember a bastard like him? He stole my soul.”
John says he vividly remembers picking up Sutcliffe in Leeds city centre. In a new Channel 5 documentary, he said: “We set off. Then he explained he’d got no money.
“I wasn’t worried a bit about my safety. But I was getting concerned about not getting paid.
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