Born in Hartlepool, County Durham, he attained notoriety in 1984 when he was convicted of three murders committed in Dore, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, on 23 October 1983.
Hutchinson had already spent more than five years in prison for the attempted murder of his half brother, Dino, and had several prior convictions for sexual assault.
[1] On the morning of 28 September 1983 Hutchinson arrived at Selby Police Station after being arrested on suspicion of theft, burglary and rape.
[2] After three and a half weeks on the run, late on the night of 23 October 1983, Hutchinson broke into the home of Basil Laitner, 59, his 55-year-old wife Avril, and their 28-year-old son Richard via a patio window, and stabbed all three of them to death.
[6] Hutchinson was found guilty of all three murders and the rape on 14 September 1984 after a four-hour deliberation, and sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommended minimum term of 18 years, which could have seen him released from prison in 2002 in the event of the Parole Board deciding that he was no longer a risk.