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| Moors Murderer Ian Brady attacks treatment | Moors Murderer Ian Brady attacks treatment |
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| Moors Murderer Ian Brady has told a mental health tribunal he has been misdiagnosed as mentally ill. | Moors Murderer Ian Brady has told a mental health tribunal he has been misdiagnosed as mentally ill. |
| Brady, speaking publicly for the first time in 47 years, also refused to confirm if he intended to kill himself were he to return to jail. | Brady, speaking publicly for the first time in 47 years, also refused to confirm if he intended to kill himself were he to return to jail. |
| The authorities believe Brady, who has previously fought for the right to kill himself, should remain in hospital because he is mentally ill. | The authorities believe Brady, who has previously fought for the right to kill himself, should remain in hospital because he is mentally ill. |
| With Myra Hindley, Brady, now 75, tortured and murdered five children. | With Myra Hindley, Brady, now 75, tortured and murdered five children. |
| The pair buried some of their victims' bodies on Saddleworth Moor in the Peak District. | The pair buried some of their victims' bodies on Saddleworth Moor in the Peak District. |
| Brady is speaking at the final day of the tribunal, which is sitting at Ashworth high-security psychiatric hospital in Maghull, Merseyside, where he has been held since 1985. | Brady is speaking at the final day of the tribunal, which is sitting at Ashworth high-security psychiatric hospital in Maghull, Merseyside, where he has been held since 1985. |
| 'Penal warehouse' | 'Penal warehouse' |
| Brady's legal team say he has a severe personality disorder but is not mentally ill and could be treated in prison rather than hospital. | Brady's legal team say he has a severe personality disorder but is not mentally ill and could be treated in prison rather than hospital. |
| But staff at Ashworth say he remains a paranoid schizophrenic who should stay at the hospital. | But staff at Ashworth say he remains a paranoid schizophrenic who should stay at the hospital. |
| Brady is said to have been on hunger strike since 1999 and doctors at Ashworth are able to force-feed him through a tube in his nose under mental health law. But the tribunal has previously heard from a nurse that Brady does eat. | Brady is said to have been on hunger strike since 1999 and doctors at Ashworth are able to force-feed him through a tube in his nose under mental health law. But the tribunal has previously heard from a nurse that Brady does eat. |
| The killer told the tribunal he had been in solitary confinement for a while in prison and would occupy his days by memorising pages of Shakespeare and Plato - and then recite them aloud as he walked up and down in his cell. | The killer told the tribunal he had been in solitary confinement for a while in prison and would occupy his days by memorising pages of Shakespeare and Plato - and then recite them aloud as he walked up and down in his cell. |
| He said any similar activity in Ashworth was seen as a sign of mental illness and then used against him. | He said any similar activity in Ashworth was seen as a sign of mental illness and then used against him. |
| "If I interact with the TV, Tony Blair or something on, and make any comment, this is interpreted as psychosis. | "If I interact with the TV, Tony Blair or something on, and make any comment, this is interpreted as psychosis. |
| "And who doesn't talk to themselves? This is a question people very rarely ask." | "And who doesn't talk to themselves? This is a question people very rarely ask." |
| Asked why he wanted to leave Ashworth, he said he hated it because "the regime has changed to a penal warehouse". | Asked why he wanted to leave Ashworth, he said he hated it because "the regime has changed to a penal warehouse". |
| "They give you false drugs and turn you into a zombie," he added. | "They give you false drugs and turn you into a zombie," he added. |
| But Brady refused to answer a question from his own lawyer about whether he wants to kill himself if he is declared fit to return to prison. | But Brady refused to answer a question from his own lawyer about whether he wants to kill himself if he is declared fit to return to prison. |
| He said: "I have been asked the question repeatedly. I have answered hypothetically from all angles. | |
| "In prison you are a monkey in a cage being poked with a stick. How can you pretend to be omnipotent? | |
| "You cannot make plans when you have no freedom of control, movement or anything. | |
| "You cannot talk sensibly about anything with a question like that." | |
| Brady, who never looked up during the opening half hour of his evidence, spoke carefully in a soft and quiet Scottish accent. | Brady, who never looked up during the opening half hour of his evidence, spoke carefully in a soft and quiet Scottish accent. |
| Proceedings are being relayed to the press and public on TV screens at Manchester Civil Justice Centre. | Proceedings are being relayed to the press and public on TV screens at Manchester Civil Justice Centre. |
| The tribunal had earlier heard Brady sometimes blocked out the world by listening to white noise on headphones - but he told the tribunal it was a "simply pragmatic" decision to make conditions more tolerable. | The tribunal had earlier heard Brady sometimes blocked out the world by listening to white noise on headphones - but he told the tribunal it was a "simply pragmatic" decision to make conditions more tolerable. |
| He said his resistance of the regime at Ashworth began in 1999 after he says he was assaulted by a group of riot-gear clad warders who were moving him from one unit to another. | He said his resistance of the regime at Ashworth began in 1999 after he says he was assaulted by a group of riot-gear clad warders who were moving him from one unit to another. |
| Asked how he had spent his time in prison over the years, he said he had studied psychology and German and had worked on braille texts. | Asked how he had spent his time in prison over the years, he said he had studied psychology and German and had worked on braille texts. |
| He said he had also worked as a barber at Wormwood Scrubs before he was sent to Ashworth. | He said he had also worked as a barber at Wormwood Scrubs before he was sent to Ashworth. |
| Paranoia accusations | Paranoia accusations |
| Brady said he had mainly stayed in his room for the past 10 months because of "negative, regressive, provocative staff that I am avoiding". | Brady said he had mainly stayed in his room for the past 10 months because of "negative, regressive, provocative staff that I am avoiding". |
| Asked about the theory he stayed in his room because he was paranoid about other patients, he said his relationship with other patients was "unremarkable". | Asked about the theory he stayed in his room because he was paranoid about other patients, he said his relationship with other patients was "unremarkable". |
| The serial killer, who said he had mixed down the years with the notorious Kray twins and IRA terrorists, added: "Only the authorities call it paranoia - the prisoners say it is sensible suspicion." | The serial killer, who said he had mixed down the years with the notorious Kray twins and IRA terrorists, added: "Only the authorities call it paranoia - the prisoners say it is sensible suspicion." |
| The judgement of the panel will be released at a later date yet to be fixed. | The judgement of the panel will be released at a later date yet to be fixed. |
| The last time Brady was heard in public was in 1966 at Chester Assizes, where he denied the murders. | The last time Brady was heard in public was in 1966 at Chester Assizes, where he denied the murders. |
| He was eventually found guilty of three of the murders and jailed for life. He and Hindley later confessed to the other two. Hindley died in prison in 2002, aged 60. | He was eventually found guilty of three of the murders and jailed for life. He and Hindley later confessed to the other two. Hindley died in prison in 2002, aged 60. |