He added that he was with Sutcliffe when he got out of a car to pursue a woman with whom he had had a bar room dispute in Halifax on 16 August 1975.
Birdsall přidal, že byl se Sutcliffem, když ten vystoupil z auta a hnal se za ženou, se kterou měl hádku ve výčepu v Halifaxu 16. srpna 1975.