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| Moors Murderer Ian Brady 'gravely ill' | |
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| Moors Murderer Ian Brady is gravely ill and receiving palliative care, the BBC understands. | |
| Brady, who is 79, is being held at Ashworth Hospital, a secure psychiatric unit on Merseyside. | Brady, who is 79, is being held at Ashworth Hospital, a secure psychiatric unit on Merseyside. |
| The serial killer has been ill for some time and is being looked after by specially-trained nurses. | The serial killer has been ill for some time and is being looked after by specially-trained nurses. |
| Brady, who now uses the name Ian Stewart-Brady, was jailed for three murders in 1966 and has been at Ashworth since 1985. | Brady, who now uses the name Ian Stewart-Brady, was jailed for three murders in 1966 and has been at Ashworth since 1985. |
| He has campaigned for several years to be moved from the secure unit to a Scottish prison, where he would not be force-fed and be allowed to die if he wishes. | He has campaigned for several years to be moved from the secure unit to a Scottish prison, where he would not be force-fed and be allowed to die if he wishes. |
| The 79-year-old has been on successive hunger strikes since 1999 and has previously argued that he should be allowed to die, but has been force-fed because he is considered to be mentally ill. | The 79-year-old has been on successive hunger strikes since 1999 and has previously argued that he should be allowed to die, but has been force-fed because he is considered to be mentally ill. |
| His request was turned down in 2013 on the grounds of his chronic mental illness and he refused to take part in a further review of his case in 2016, after it was ruled his solicitor Robin Makin could not be involved. | His request was turned down in 2013 on the grounds of his chronic mental illness and he refused to take part in a further review of his case in 2016, after it was ruled his solicitor Robin Makin could not be involved. |
| His legal challenge to that ban was rejected in February. | His legal challenge to that ban was rejected in February. |
| At that point, his legal team said he was "terminally ill" and had been bedridden for the last few years with emphysema. | At that point, his legal team said he was "terminally ill" and had been bedridden for the last few years with emphysema. |
| Brady and Myra Hindley, who died in prison in 2002, tortured and murdered five children in the 1960s. | Brady and Myra Hindley, who died in prison in 2002, tortured and murdered five children in the 1960s. |
| Four of the victims were buried on Saddleworth Moor, near Oldham. | Four of the victims were buried on Saddleworth Moor, near Oldham. |
| The pair were jailed over the killings of John Kilbride, Lesley Ann Downey and Edward Evans in 1966, before later admitting the murders of Pauline Reade and Keith Bennett. | The pair were jailed over the killings of John Kilbride, Lesley Ann Downey and Edward Evans in 1966, before later admitting the murders of Pauline Reade and Keith Bennett. |
| Brady has never revealed where Keith Bennett's remains were buried. | Brady has never revealed where Keith Bennett's remains were buried. |