Killer of Muriel McKay turned down £40,000 for location of her remains in Hertfordshire

A convicted murderer has apparently turned down £40,000 to reveal the location and what happened to the body of Muriel McKay, who was kidnapped in 1969.

The 55-year-old was kidnapped by Nizamodeen Hosein and his brother Arthur, holding her for ransom in 1969, and until now, where her body is located is unknown.

The brothers took Mrs McKay to a Hertfordshire farm, owned by Arthur at the time, at Christmas.

Since, the family have offered Nizamodeen £40,000 to tell the family where and how Muriel died.

However, it is now believed he has turned down the money and offered to return to the UK from where he was deported to at the end of his life sentence, to show Muriel's daughter Dianne and her grandson Mark Dyer where her remains lie in Hertfordshire.

Now, Hosein says he isn't 22 anymore, and that he wanted to tell the family for "peace of mind".

The family have launched a petition to the Home Office to temporarily life Hosein's deportation order to allow him to return to the UK, where he believes he can remember where he put the body.

Kidnapped by mistake

Muriel McKay was the wife of a newspaper executive, when she was kidnapped by the pair who had mistaken her for Anna Murdoch, the then-wife of media mogul Rupert Murdoch.

Mrs McKay, was the wife of Mr Murdoch's deputy Alick McKay, who like Mr Murdoch was Australian.

She disappeared and her body was never found.

Hosein was 22 at the time and his brother Arthur died in prison in 2009.

In a letter seen by Sky News, Hosein asked the Home Office to lift a deportation order which still bars him from the UK.

He wrote: "I admit my involvement in the kidnap and death of Muriel McKay, and I have been attempting to assist her daughter Dianne in locating her body.

"I believe I am the only living person who knows where Muriel's body is and would like her body to be found before I myself die."

The Metropolitan Police say they continue to review any opportunities to recover Mrs McKay's body, with the Home Office expressing their sympathies for her family.

Dianne told Sky News, after speaking to Hosein by video call, that he was a "man of few words".

Asked what it was like having to speak to the man convicted of her mother's murder, and rely on him for help, Dianne told the broadcaster: "It's been very hard having so many years of nobody to talk to, no leads and no hope of ever finding her body.

"It's actually a relief to talk to him."

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