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Ian Brady: Moors Murderer 'still wants to die' | Ian Brady: Moors Murderer 'still wants to die' |
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Moors Murderer Ian Brady has said he still wants to die after losing his bid to be transferred from a psychiatric hospital to prison. | Moors Murderer Ian Brady has said he still wants to die after losing his bid to be transferred from a psychiatric hospital to prison. |
His move to a Scottish jail from Merseyside's Ashworth Hospital was refused by a tribunal in June. | His move to a Scottish jail from Merseyside's Ashworth Hospital was refused by a tribunal in June. |
In a statement issued through his solicitors, Brady, 76, said "recent events" had not changed his intentions. | In a statement issued through his solicitors, Brady, 76, said "recent events" had not changed his intentions. |
Brady, who tortured and murdered five children along with Myra Hindley, also denied reports that he had dementia. | Brady, who tortured and murdered five children along with Myra Hindley, also denied reports that he had dementia. |
He went on to stress that he no longer had any dealings with a woman who says she has acted as his mental health advocate. | |
Letter claims | |
Jackie Powell was with Brady during the mental health tribunal which ruled he should remain at the maximum-security hospital where he is force-fed. | |
Brady argued he was not insane and wanted a return to prison and to be allowed to die. | |
Brady said Ms Powell had not visited him at Ashworth since last summer and would not be permitted to see him again. | |
In February 2013, the Crown Prosecution Service said Ms Powell would not be charged over claims she failed to tell police about a letter which may have revealed where one of Brady's victims, Keith Bennett, was buried. | |
Ms Powell had been arrested on suspicion of preventing his lawful burial after she told a television documentary that Brady had given her a sealed envelope to pass to Keith's mother, Winnie Johnson, in the event of his death. | |
The letter was never found and Mrs Johnson died not knowing where her son was buried. | |
Brady was jailed for life, along with his lover Hindley, in 1966. | |
She died in prison in 2002, aged 60. | |
He has been detained at Ashworth since 1985. |
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