So in anticipation, we’ve produced this picture gallery detailing 10 of the most prolific killers and other criminals with links to the area.
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Arkwright went on a 56-hour killing spree in Wath upon Dearne after being sacked from his job in Mexborough. His victims included his grandfather, and two neighbours, one of whom was disabled. He is currently serving a whole-life sentence. Photo: Anthony Arkwright
6. Peter Sutcliffe - The Yorkshire Ripper
Whilst Sutcliffe - who murdered 13 women between 1975 and 1981 - prowled the streets of Leeds, Haliifax, Huddersfield, Bradford and Manchester looking for his victims, he was finally arrested in Sheffield after police spotted him driving with false plates. Photo: Google
7. John Hoyland
Whilst historians now believe that the charges against John Hoyland were trumped-up, he was publicly executed after he was found guilty of having sex with a donkey on Attercliffe Common in 1793. Photo: Google
8. Harold Shipman
The GP dubbed 'Dr Death' is believed to have killed 250 of his patients and lived in Rossington, Doncaster in the 1970s. He killed himself in 2004. Photo: Google