Oldham Council succeed in preventing Moors Murderer Ian Brady's ashes being scattered on Saddleworth Moor

Moors Murderer Ian Brady's remains must be disposed of with "no music and no ceremony", a High Court has ruled after Oldham and Tameside councils asked the judge to step in to ensure the disposal of the serial killer's body did not cause "offence and distress" to his victims' families.

The councils said after the hearing: "We know that the relatives and residents alike found even the suggestion that his ashes may be scattered over Saddleworth Moor to be abhorrent and distressing, especially because 13-year-old Keith Bennett has never been found."

Sir Geoffrey Vos said Brady's executor, solicitor Robin Makin, had failed to make proper arrangements for disposal of his remains.

The judge said Mr Makin could not be "entrusted" with Brady's ashes because he had been "so secretive".

Brady died aged 79, on 15 May, but his remains have not yet been disposed of.

Brady was jailed in 1966 for murdering John Kilbride, aged 12, Lesley Ann Downey, 10, and Edward Evans, 17.

In 1985, he also admitted killing Pauline Reade, 16, and 12-year-old Keith Bennett, whose body has never been found.

Despite pleas from Keith's mother Winnie Johnson, who died in 2012, Brady did not reveal where her son was buried.

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