Ian Brady
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2 out of 5 stars.
TV review Moors Murders: The Witness review – these heinous crimes have nothing more to teach us
2 out of 5 stars.This three-part documentary which hangs on ‘never before seen’ letters and an interview with Myra Hindley’s brother-in-law is a thinly veiled ratings-chaser with little value
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Justice secretary says ‘Helen’s law’ will require Parole Board to consider lack of cooperation
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Alan Bennett discusses meeting Myra Hindley and why Ian Brady’s briefcases offer fresh hope
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Ex-Greater Manchester police deputy chief constable led inquiry into shooting of suspected IRA members
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Greater Manchester police’s cold case unit still searching for body of Keith Bennett
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Letter: Very few patients in high secure hospitals have convictions for anything as horrible as Ian Brady’s crimes, and some have no criminal conviction at all, writes Mat Kinton
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Ashes sunken in weighted urn somewhere off Liverpool after authorities had body secretly incinerated without ceremony
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Pauline Reade’s family have discovered some of her remains, including her jaw bone, had been kept at Leeds University by Greater Manchester police
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Court removes responsibility for body from solicitor and says there will be no ceremony or music during disposal of remains
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Moors murderer asked for briefcases to be taken from his hospital room shortly before he died of heart failure, inquest told
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Letter released by National Archives reveals PM disagreed with her home secretary’s advice on parole for Myra Hindley and Ian Brady
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Host asked listeners to try to guess killer’s identity from musical clues including Psycho Killer and Suffer Little Children
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We learn nothing from Ian Brady. We’re just fetishising him
Catherine BennettThe coverage of the murderer’s death says much about our glorification of celebrity – no matter the cause or cost -
Ashworth hospital staff talk of difficulty in setting aside the crimes of the Moors murderer to treat him like any other patient
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Murderer’s solicitor assures coroner that 79-year-old’s remains will not end up on moors where he and Myra Hindley buried victims
Open door Was it right to give Peter Sutcliffe a Guardian obituary?