Griffiths admitted murdering Shelley Armitage, Susan Rushworth and Suzanne Blamires A 40-year-old student has admitted murdering three women in Bradford.
Stephen Griffiths, from Bradford, pleaded guilty at Leeds Crown Court to the murders of Suzanne Blamires, Shelley Armitage and Susan Rushworth.
Ms Blamires, 36, Ms Armitage, 31, and 43-year-old Ms Rushworth all worked as prostitutes in the city.
Bradford University student Griffiths was charged with their murders in May. At an earlier court hearing he referred to himself as the “Crossbow Cannibal”.
Griffiths, of Thornton Road, was arrested on 24 May by West Yorkshire Police after CCTV footage of him attacking Ms Blamires at his Bradford block of flats was discovered by a caretaker at the complex.
Ms Blamires’ remains were recovered the following day from the River Aire and a major search and recovery operation began.
Police had also been investigating the disappearance Shelley Armitage and Susan Rushworth and on 27 May Griffiths was charged with all three murders.
At an earlier hearing Griffiths referred to himself as the “Crossbow Cannibal” He has admitted murdering Ms Blamires between 20 May and 25 May; murdering Ms Rushworth between 22 June, 2009, and 25 May this year, and murdering Ms Armitage between 25 April and 25 May this year.
Griffiths, a PhD student who was researching murders in Bradford in the 19th Century as part of his thesis, was surrounded by five security guards as he entered his plea.
He said “guilty” in a quiet voice when the clerk put each of the three charges to him.
The judge, Mr Justice Openshaw, told the court Griffiths’ mental health had been carefully examined and there was “no question that he was fit to plead”.
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