Crime | Britain 'Ripper' Scholar Charged With 3 Murders Stephen Griffiths in court for hooker killings By Rob Quinn Posted May 28, 2010 2:52 AM CDT Copied British police officers stand outside Holmfield Court flats in Thornton Road, Bradford, England. Forensic teams are searching Griffiths' apartment. (AP Photo/Anna Gowthorpe/PA Wire) A criminology student suspected in the disappearance of 3 prostitutes has been formally charged with their dismemberment murder and will appear in court in Bradford, England, today. Stephen Griffiths—described as a "lizard-loving loner" by neighbors—was often seen strolling around the red-light district he lived in wearing a long black coat and sometimes boasted that was doing a doctorate "in Jack the Ripper," according to the Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Read These Next Photographer denies close-up shots were attacks on Trump figures. NASCAR is devastated by driver's death in plane crash. Cartoonist Scott Adams paralyzed amid a battle with cancer. HR exec in Coldplay kiss cam: Women shamed me over it. Report an error