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| Moors Murderer Ian Brady appears at tribunal | 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. | 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, burying some 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. | 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". | 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". |
| Judge Robert Atherton stressed that the tribunal would not consider Brady's crimes or the whereabouts of the body of missing victim Keith Bennett. | |
| Brady's current state of mental health was the only matter being considered, he said. | |
| 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. | 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. | He is seeking transfer to a prison in Scotland, where there is no precedent for force-feeding a prisoner on hunger strike. |
| 'Fairly solitary' | |
| Dr Cameron Boyd, who had examined Brady, told the hearing that the patient had denied being psychotic and said his hunger strike was intended to bring about his return to prison. | |
| Brady has not told the tribunal whether he is suicidal or wants to die, and says "that's his business if he is returned to prison", our correspondent added. | |
| The hearing has heard that Brady leads a "fairly solitary existence", and his main activities are watching TV and writing letters. | |
| The tribunal 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. | It is scheduled to last about eight days, with the judgement then due to be reserved to a later date. |
| Brady and Hindley tortured and murdered five children aged from 10 to 17, burying some of their victims' 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. |