She took up a collection for a wreath; his funeral was held at St Francis's Monastery in Gorton Lane. Ian Brady's briefcases (lost personal documents of Moors Murderer; 1963-2017) Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. Man - Get in the fucking basket. [93][94] Downey's mother later confirmed that the recording, too, was of her daughter. [214] In 1996, the Parole Board recommended that Hindley be moved to an open prison. Moors Murders Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images Bennett's body is also thought to be buried there, but despite repeated searches it remains undiscovered. [57] By February 1965, Hodges had stopped visiting Wardle Brook Avenue, but Smith was still a regular visitor. I have always regarded myself as worse than Brady. [91] Inside one of the cases wereamong an assortment of costumes, notes, photographs and negativesnine pornographic photographs taken of Downey, naked and with a scarf tied across her mouth, and a sixteen-minute audiotape recording of a girl identifying herself as "Lesley Ann Weston"[b] screaming, crying, and pleading to be allowed to return home to her mother. This included the murder of Lesley Ann Downey, which was taped by Brady and Hindley that was later recovered by police and used against them in court for a conviction. Fan Feed More Lost Media Archive. A NEW drama will feature a recreation of the shocking Moors Murders tape which recorded the torture and death of one of the child victims. Wearing a bread deliveryman's overall on top of his uniform, he asked Hindley at the back door if her husband was home. Getty Images When linked to the sites where the bodies of three of the other Moors murder victims - John Kilbride, 12, Pauline Reade, 16 and Lesley Ann Downey, 10 - were found the location of the spade . [35] The dock was fitted with bullet proof glass to protect Brady and Hindley because it was feared that someone might try and kill them. Their crime was the most hideous and cruel in modern times. [51], Hindley's sister, Maureen, married David Smith on 15 August 1964. [14], In 2003, the police launched Operation Maida, and again searched the moor for Bennett's body,[161] this time using sophisticated resources such as a US reconnaissance satellite which could detect soil disturbances. [177] Hindley was not informed of the decision until 1994, when a Law Lords ruling obliged the Prison Service to inform all life sentence prisoners of the minimum period they must serve in prison before being considered for parole. The pair were charged only for the murders of Kilbride, Downey and Evans, and received life sentences under a whole life tariff. Published: 17:36 ET, Feb 21 2022 EVIL Moors murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley have long been branded Britain's most evil duo after murdering five children. [260] Given Hindley's status as co-defendant in the first serial murder trial held since the abolition of the death penalty,[261] retribution was a common theme among those who sought to keep her locked away. Her father was an alcoholic who was frequently violent towards his wife and children. The bodies of two of the victims were discovered in 1965, in graves dug on Saddleworth Moor; a third grave was discovered there in 1987, more than twenty years after Brady and Hindley's trial. [148], In April 1987, news of Hindley's confession became public. Brother of Moors murder victim reveals guilt over death [249] Bennett's mother continued to visit Saddleworth Moor, where it is believed that Bennett is buried. Smith later told the police: I waited about a minute or two then suddenly I heard a hell of a scream; it sounded like a woman, really high-pitched. [166] In 2017, the police asked a court to order that two locked briefcases owned by Brady be opened, arguing that they might contain clues to the location of Bennett's body; the application was declined on the grounds that no prosecution was likely to result.