Moors murderer Ian Brady’s body released to lawyer
Written by News on 18/05/2017
The body of Moors murderer Ian Brady has been released to his lawyer.
The notorious paedophile and child killer died on Monday at a secure hospital in Merseyside. He was 79.
Brady, along with Myra Hindley, who died in 2002, killed five children between 1963 and 1965.
They snatched youngsters off the street before sexually assaulting and murdering them.
The couple’s victims – Pauline Reade, John Kilbride, Keith Bennett, Lesley Ann Downey and Edward Evans – were aged between 10 and 17.
They were jailed for life for three of the killings before later admitting the murders of Pauline Reade and Keith Bennett.
Fifty years on, the remains of 12-year-old Keith have never been found – despite the belief that Brady knew the location and buried him on the Moors, where he buried three others.
At an inquest on Tuesday, Senior Coroner for Sefton, Christopher Sumner, delayed the release of the body to ask for assurances that a funeral director and crematorium willing to take it had been found.
He also wanted a guarantee that Brady’s ashes would not be scattered on Saddleworth Moor.
At a reconvened hearing on Wednesday Brady’s solicitor, Robin Makin, said there was "no likelihood" the ashes would be brought there.
Mr Sumner delayed the body’s release further to allow Merseyside Police to negotiate with Mr Makin about arrangements for the funeral.
A Merseyside Police spokesman said: "Responsibility for the body has now been transferred to the executor of Ian Brady’s will and Merseyside Police has no further involvement."
It emerged in the court that Brady died of a chest infection and pneumonia.
It was also revealed that among the requests Brady had made was that the name on his death certificate be changed from Ian Stewart, which is how he has been known for some years, to Ian Stewart-Brady.
The full inquest will take place on 29 June.
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