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Come here. We can talk better there.

I don't mind giving interviews and things like that. That doesn't bother me at all.

Erm... there's quite a few people that I know that wouldn't, but I said,

"if you don't get your point of view across,

"they label us something that we're not."

Yes, well, em... Yes.

Well, I don't know if I can help you at all, but...

Can I get you a drink? Erm, I've got orange juice or...

A cup of tea I'd like.

Or... What have we got? Orange juice or...

- Cranberry juice? - Cranberry juice. Yes?

It's light.

Please sit down.

- Gotta go cos me pie's going. - Yeah, OK. Yeah.

- Yeah, because I'm, I'm cooking. - Come talk to me.

We're expecting people.

OK. Ask away.

'Hello. Welcome to Suffolk Today.

'The nightmare gets worse.

'Two more bodies discovered by police

'investigating the killings of prostitutes in Suffolk,

'bringing the total to five.

'Well, let's go back now to Simon Newton live in Ipswich.'

'This is an investigation that's changing by the hour.

'We have five women found dead in the space of ten days

'and two more bodies found here this morning.

'So we have more than one method of killing.

'So the question today, really, does this mean there's more than one killer?'

'The manhunt for the multiple murderer enters a new phase.

'The feelings of vulnerability are not helped

'by the knowledge that whoever carried this murdering spree

'is still free to attack again.

'This huge investigation has had a profound impact.

'Experts say it could haunt this place

'with traditionally low levels of crime for a long time.'

'Simon, what's the atmosphere like there right now?

'Well, I think there's generally a sense of disbelief across this town.

'And also a great sense of sadness.

'I've lived in this town For several years

'and there is an eerie air hanging over it.

'Though this town itself will bounce back,

'it can only do that when this killer is caught.

'And today the answer to that may lie in Ipswich itself.

"Back to you."

'Police stop and question drivers

'in the red-light district;

'officers still trying to trace the last movements

'of the five murdered prostitutes.

'There are now more than 350 police officers from 31 forces

'as far afield as Northern Ireland working on this case...

'Experts say it could haunt this place with traditionally low levels of crime...

'Northern Ireland There are now more than 350...

'...the method of killing...

- 'Ipswich Ripper' - 'The Ipswich Ripper'

- 'Ripper' - 'Ripper'

Everyone is very, very nervous

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It was sort of six years ago

when Portman Road started expanding its football team.

And a new stadium went up that...

That prostitutes seemed to come up this way.

We had reported the prostitutes.

I confronted one. "Get out of my road! I'll call the police!"

- Well, I... - She said, "Call the police." And I did.

Their whole attitude with us...

...makes it really hard for me to have much sympathy

for, you know, what happened.

We had a girl at the bottom of me drive. She's in the car.

She said, "Do you mind sort of moving off?" I said, "Just..."

I swore at her, I admit.

Anyway, saying, like, "if you keep on at me,

"I'm gonna sort of get my pimp to burn your house down."

I know what you're up to. If I see you here again, I'm gonna call the police.

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It was... it was absolutely awful.

They wrecked... wrecked our, my evenings.

You know, they're on my streets.

You know, my children are out at night.

I've got, I've got a teenage girl.

I've got, I've got a 14-year old.

I don't want girls... erm... doing what they did in the streets.

And they weren't just... getting in people's cars.

They were doing it in the alleyways and everything else.

They certainly weren't angels.

Lots of them talking about them being lovely girls and everything,

but in all our experience they were... foul-mouthed slags

who'd stab you as quick as...

- That's an exaggeration. - It's a slight exaggeration.

They did pester you.

They'd rob you as much as anything else.

Yeah.

No, because people, kerb crawlers,

sort of upset people's children, you know.

Daughters and things. And then there's the girls.

I mean, you coming back from football and things like that.

He was always being sort of propositioned, you know. Sort of.

Poor old sod!

It's been like this for years, but I don't want my children to see that.

We all wanted to move. We didn't want to be here.

Then these girls... just going missing

and... and being found the way they... they were found.

It was a complete nightmare.

It's the most wonderful time

Oh, the most wonderful time

Oh, the most wonderful time

Of the year

Everyone is very, very nervous... erm

And very unsure of everything

Basically

The most wonderful time...

Everyone is very, very nervous... erm

And very unsure of everything

Basically

There was a LOT of fear from a LOT of people.

I think it's the biggest thing that's ever... ever happened in Ipswich.

It's... erm... Definitely changed the mood

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It's quite an unpleasant feeling because You find that I'm walking through thinking

"Well, is it him? Is it him?"

Yeah, I think it's put Ipswich On the map

For the wrong reasons, unfortunately

It's the most wonderful time...

Everyone's very, very nervous... erm

Erm, we're not actually selling It's actually free

Just free personal safety alarms

On behalf of Town 102 Local radio station in Ipswich

Just handing away free personal alarms Because of what's...

In the wake of what's been happening In Ipswich recently

Everyone is very, very nervous... erm

And very unsure of everything

Basically

So, yeah, yeah, definitely

Obviously a lot of people Are going out for the weekend

We're gonna be a bit worried

So we're handing out Personal alarms to... erm

Out to all the ladies out shopping today

So that's... so that's why we're here

Everyone's very brave Everybody's very brave

Everyone is very, very nervous

...wonderful time

- Can I have one for my daughter, please? - Yes, certainly. Of course you can.

Obviously a lot of people Going out for the weekend

We're gonna be a bit worried

So, erm, they're handing out Personal alarms to, erm...

Out to all the ladies out shopping today

So that's... so that's why they're here

Obviously a lot of people Going out for the weekend

They're gonna be a bit worried

So, erm, they're handing out Personal alarms to, erm...

Out to all the ladies out shopping today So that... so that's why they're here

- Everybody's very, very - Everybody's very, very

- Very, VQTY - Very, VQTY

- Very, VQTY - Very, VQTY

- Very, VQTY - Very, VQTY

- Very, very - Nervous

But they do say it's somebody.

Either a policeman or a lawyer.

We hoped it was an immigrant, from nish-noff land.

- If it is, there'll be an uproar. - And we'll send the fuckers all back.

No, l-l-I'm not like that. I'm sure you're not really like that deep clown.

I fucking am. I reckon it's one Polish bastard.

We'll fucking have him.

- You automatically think it could be him. - Yeah.

That's the scary thing. That he could be amongst us.

Walking around us every day and we don't know.

Yeah!

- It could be anyone in here. - Yeah.

Which has now really scared me now I'm thinking about it!

I'm just gonna, like, cry!

But they do say it's somebody. Either a policeman or a lawyer.

Or a priest!

This was on the radio. Always utter rubbish on Suffolk Radio.

Well, we've never had anything like that before. No.

We're all a bit... frightened to go out at night. Yeah.

But then we are anyway.

Some people say that they're terrified of going anywhere.

Well, goodness me, there's a...

There's a mass murderer on the loose.

A psychopath. On the loose.

Dreadful. Dreadful.

It's as though somebody's chucked acid over you

and you can feel it all over you.

It's... Standing here, you can feel it.

We're all guilty.

No, we're not. No, we're not. No, we're not!

Just one person is or whatever ends up being the final tally, but...

No, we're not.

The rest of us are s... are sane.

You automatically think it could be him

Yeah

You automatically think it could be him

That's the scary thing That he could be amongst us

And look walking around with us Every day and we don't know

Yeah

We don't know

Like, anyone It could be anyone in here

Like, anyone It could be anyone in here

Like, anyone, it could be anyone in here For all we know

Which has scared me Now I'm thinking about it

- I'm just gonna, like, cry - Ha-ha!