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Ian Brady, the Moors murderer, has died aged 79.  Ian Brady, the Moors murderer, has died aged 79, an NHS spokesman has confirmed. 
The serial killer was being held at Ashworth Hospital, at a secure psychiatric unit, and receiving palliative care.  The serial killer was being held at Ashworth Hospital, at a high security psychiatric unit, and receiving palliative care. 
He had reportedly been ill for some time and had been on successive hunger strikes since 1999 arguing that he should be allowed to die.He had reportedly been ill for some time and had been on successive hunger strikes since 1999 arguing that he should be allowed to die.
Brady was jailed for torturing and murdering five children in the 1960s.  Following his hunger strikes, Brady demanded a judicial review of the legality of being force-fed. 
More to follow… He was jailed for sexually torturing and murdering five children and teenagers aged between ten and 17 in the 1960s. 
The Glasgow-born killer died without revealing the location of where the last of his child victims were buried, despite last-ditch attempts from the family. 
Brady's partner and accomplice, Myra Hindley, died in prison in 2002 aged 60.
He was sentenced to life in prison in 1966 after being convicted of murdering John Kilbride, 12, Lesley Ann Downey, 10, and Edward Evans, 17.
Together with Hindley he also confessed to the murders of Keith Bennett, 12, and Pauline Reade, 16.