Moors murders documentary may bring new hope

A DOCUMENTARY on the life of Moors murderer Ian Brady and Myra Hindley could shed new light on the search for the remains of victim Keith Bennett.

ITV’s “Brady and Hindley: Possession” will feature black and white photographs taken by the duo on the moors, and will be shown next month after a legal hearing — due to begin today — which has seen Brady (75) effectively seek the right to die.

Keith’s final resting place remains a mystery. The 12 year old was abducted and murdered by Brady and Hindley in 1964 and is the only one of the five young victims whose body has never been traced.

The documentary raises questions about whether Keith’s body may have been buried nearly 40 miles away from Saddleworth Moor. His mother Winnie died in August last year, never having been able to mark her son’s grave.

The programme suggests the photographs taken by Hindley and Brady could be “grave markers” and show a Staffordshire beauty spot, Ramshaw Rocks.

The programme is based on Duncan Staff’s book “The Lost Boy”, due to be republished next week.

Mr Staff, who produced the programme, said: “The documentary looks at the relationship between Hindley and Brady during the murders and their manipulation of evidence. I think it will raise one or two important questions which have yet to be solved.”

Brady, who remains in prison after being locked up for life, had been urged by police to “at last do the decent thing” and tell Keith's family where he buried him.

Hindley died in jail in 2002 aged 60.



THE legal bid by Brady to be transferred from a secure hospital to a prison could be delayed by strike action.

Brady wants to be moved from Ashworth Hospital in Merseyside. His case was due to start today at Manchester’s Civil Justice Centre on Bridge Street.

A demonstration by the public and commercial services union was due to take place outside the centre and could affect proceedings.

This will be the first time the public and press will see or hear Brady since his trial in 1966.