Moor murderer Ian Brady dies
Taking secrets to the grave
Moors Murderer Ian Brady has died after spending more than five decades behind bars.
The bedridden 79-year-old killer was being held at a high-secure hospital in Merseyside after torturing and killing five children with partner Myra Hindley.
His death, hours after he was urged to do the right thing'' and reveal where the last of his child victims is buried, means he takes some of his secrets about the horrors to his grave.
Brady was jailed for the killings of John Kilbride, 12, 10-year-old Lesley Ann Downey and Edward Evans, 17, in 1966.
He went on to admit the murders of Pauline Reade, 16, and 12-year-old Keith Bennett.
Glasgow-born Brady had been held at Ashworth High Secure Hospital since 1985 and died at 6.03pm on Monday.
A spokesman said the serial killer, who used the name Ian Stewart-Brady before his death, had been on oxygen.
Brady was not found dead in his room in the Merseyside unit, the spokesman said, but he was unable to confirm if anyone was with him when he died, adding: Quite possibly. I don't know.''
Terry Kilbride, the brother of victim John, said he will still have to deal with the nightmare'' Brady has left behind.
He's ruined our lives all these years and he'll still ruin it even though he's gone. I feel numb.''
Mr Kilbride added that there were no other words to describe Brady apart from a murderous psychopath''.
The crimes of Brady and Hindley - who died in prison in 2002 - shocked the nation as details of how the pair snatched children off the street, abused and tortured them to death were recalled during their trial at Chester Assizes.
Brady escaped the hangman's noose as the death penalty was abolished just months earlier and was handed three life sentences.
In 2013 Brady asked to be moved to a Scottish prison so he could not be force fed, as he could be in hospital, and where he could be allowed to die if he wishes. His request was rejected after Ashworth medical experts said he had chronic mental illness and needed continued care in hospital.
In February he was refused permission to launch a High Court fight to have the lawyer of his choice representing him at a tribunal where the decision would be reviewed.