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Moors Murderer Ian Brady appears at tribunal | |
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Moors Murderer Ian Brady has appeared in public for the first time in decades at a hearing considering his sanity as part of a bid to take his own life. | |
Brady, 75, has been on hunger strike for years, but is being force-fed at Ashworth Hospital, Merseyside. | Brady, 75, has been on hunger strike for years, but is being force-fed at Ashworth Hospital, Merseyside. |
He wants the mental health tribunal to allow a move to a prison in Scotland, where he hopes to end his life. | He wants the mental health tribunal to allow a move to a prison in Scotland, where he hopes to end his life. |
He and girlfriend Myra Hindley murdered five children in the 1960s and buried them on moors in Greater Manchester. | He and girlfriend Myra Hindley murdered five children in the 1960s and buried them on moors in Greater Manchester. |
The tribunal is being held in Ashworth and relayed by video to Manchester Civil Justice Centre, where the public and press are able to observe proceedings. | |
BBC home affairs correspondent Dominic Casciani tweeted a description of Brady "sitting in court wearing dark glasses, curly/wavy grey hair. He's got a feeding tube. He speaks with a very soft voice". | |
Sectioned under the Mental Health Act, Glasgow-born Brady is not allowed to take his own life and has continued to be tube-fed during years of refusing food. | |
He is seeking transfer to a prison in Scotland, where there is no precedent for force-feeding a prisoner on hunger strike. | |
The hearing had been due to take place about a year ago but was postponed because Brady was too ill to attend. | The hearing had been due to take place about a year ago but was postponed because Brady was too ill to attend. |
It is scheduled to last about eight days, with the judgement then due to be reserved to a later date. | |
Brady and Hindley lured five children aged from 10 to 17 to their deaths, torturing them before burying their bodies on Saddleworth Moor. | Brady and Hindley lured five children aged from 10 to 17 to their deaths, torturing them before burying their bodies on Saddleworth Moor. |
They were convicted and jailed for life in 1966. Hindley died in prison in 2002, aged 60. | They were convicted and jailed for life in 1966. Hindley died in prison in 2002, aged 60. |