A High Court judge set up a hearing to decide the minimum term he must remain in custody before parole can be considered.
During the preliminary proceedings, it became clear that a whole-life tariff is among the options under consideration for Sutcliffe, currently held in a top security psychiatric hospital.
Mr Justice Mitting, sitting in London, was told that the killer, now 63, wished to attend the tariff-setting hearing in person.
Now known as Peter Coonan, the lorry driver from Bradford was convicted at the Old Bailey in London in 1981 for the murder of 13 women, and seven counts of attempted murder, in Yorkshire, Greater Manchester and Lancashire.
It was said at his trial he believed he was on a “mission from God” to kill prostitutes, although not all of his victims were prostitutes.
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