The papers were personally handed over by Hindley as she was escorted from HMP Highpoint to the West Sussex Hospital where she died later that day in 2002. Nine days after the murder of Edward Evans and a week on from the arrests of Brady and Hindley, Ann Downey watched on as a search party hunted for her daughter on Saddleworth Moor. Ian Brady - Death, Victims & Myra Hindley He called at the buffet bar for a drink, but it was closed. I didn't know if it was loaded or not, but it petrified me, until one day I said 'Shoot me and put me out of my misery'. Reports from the Telegraph at the time told of how the 16 minute-long recording was played, shocking the entire court. She writes articulately, focusing on her early life growing up, even comparing William Blake's "dark satanic mills" to her gran's work in the cotton mills. For 17 minutes the last moments of ten-year-old Lesley Ann Downey's life were played out on tape to the hushed courtroom at Chester Assizes where Ian Brady and Myra Hindley stood trial for their . He used to threaten me and rape me and whip me and cane me He threatened to kill my family. Myra Hindley spent her life in prison. The 17-year-old, who worked as machine operator at Trafford Park, was standing by the milk vending machine when he caught Bradys eye. ", News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. He dominated me completely.. "As we were driving home, he [Brady] told me that if I'd shown any signs of 'backing out' I would have finished up in the same grave as Pauline Reade did. Lesley was tied up, stripped and forced to pose for photographs. He armed himself with a "sharp-bladed Stanley knifewhich he ran lightly over his fingers" to threaten after asking Hindley if she planned to leave him. "Then he laughed, put the knife away, told me never to accept a lift from Brian again, and we drove back to the pub. Bilinen en eytani kadn ayrldnz eski kz arkadanz deil. Together, they went to a phone box and called the police. I will swear on the Bible I have got to go because I am going out with my mama. It was love at first sight. John Kilbride, 12, 10-year-old Lesley Ann Downey Edward Evans, 17, Pauline Reade, 16, and 12-year-old Keith Bennett, whose body was never found, were victims of the pair. Ex-cop haunted by sick tape recording of Ian Brady's youngest victim Chilling last words of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley's terrified - mirror Over 30 years later in 1998, Hindley broke her silence about the abuse she claimed to have suffered at the hands of Brady. Their children - John Kilbride, Lesley Ann Downey and Keith Bennett - died at the hands of Moors Murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley. "It's Saturday and I'm sitting here with another thumping headache after a night out at the pub. While waiting for Brady to deliver the wine, Smith overheard Brady beating 17-year-old Edward Evans to death with an axe. Hindley and Brady were taken separately to Saddleworth Moor to assist in the search for Bennetts grave. Thats difficult without consent from his solicitors and a court order. him to walk her the 300 yards home. Police search for more child victims of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady on saddleworth moors 1986, Moors murders: Killer hugged me in jail, says Keith Bennett's brother. Tragic legacy of Lesley Anne Downey's lonely trip to a the fair Brady and Hindley suggested they take a detour to the Moors, because they needed help looking for a lost glove. What are you going to do with me? Beth Abbit, editor of the M.E.N's Mancunian Way newsletter, puts readers to the test, 'I wish this house could be picked up and put somewhere else': Dad desperate to leave problem area after he's left terrified, Adam Waring has been left so shaken by the incident he's already viewed other houses, 'I rejected Manchester United Class of 2011 for Liverpool went to prison and became a professional boxer'. Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. Wikimedia CommonsIan Brady (left) and Myra Hindley, the duo convicted of carrying out the Moors murders. The teenager was at Manchester Central Station having been to see Manchester United play Helsinki. Hindley even claimed Brady drugged her grandmother by putting nembutal - a popular sleeping pill in the 50s and 60s - in her tea and later threatened to push the frail pensioner down a staircase to her death. You have a woman and a man torturing children. Killer couple Myra Hindley and Ian Brady choose to ignore Downey's bargaining and inflicted unspeakable torture upon their innocent 10-year-old victim. Ian Brady death: The five victims of the Moors Murderers Killer couple Myra Hindley and Ian Brady choose to ignore Downey's bargaining and inflicted unspeakable torture upon their innocent 10-year-old victim. Myra Hindley letters: What where the Moors Murders? When it was played in court, Lesley can be heard trying to convince the adults to call her mum. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. On July 12, 1963, the couple claimed their first victim. Both Hindley and Brady pleaded not guilty at their trial in Chester in April 1966. Brady was sentenced to three concurrent life terms, while Hindley received two concurrent life terms, plus a concurrent seven-year sentence for the Kilbride case. They drove up to Saddleworth. She wrote: "He began shaking me to wake me up, and I said leave me alone, I need to sleep. The jurors fell silent as the tape recording of Lesley Ann played. ", At another point Brady said: "If you don't keep that hand down, I will slit your neck.". 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She drove to a lay-by on the moor, where Brady sexually assaulted and strangled Keith. Brady then took Pauline onto the remote moor where he raped and murdered her before burying her body using a shovel he'd hidden earlier. "It is also my wish to be cremated, and for the cremation service to be conducted by the Rev. O design da Getty Images uma marca comercial da Getty Images. Its an innocent childrens Christmas song but a chill goes down my spine every time I hear The Little Drummer Boy because it reminds me of Myra Hindley.. "I had no self-esteem or self-respect, whereas before I met him, and for the year I worked with him before he first made a date with me, I was an attractive, confident and sociable teenager, never short of dates.". This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. The harrowing 16-minute clip of Lesley's dying screams was played inside a courtroom. They forced her to pose for photographs and recorded her for 13 minutes as she begged for help. She also claimed to feel great remorse after the killings, at one point shaking and crying when she spotted a personal ad Pauline Reades parents placed as they searched for their daughter. Sheila Kilbride, mother of Brady and Hindley's second victim, 12-year-old John Kilbride, prays for her son on what would have been his 14th birthday on May 15, 1965. A source said: He was allowed to die with dignity, something he failed to offer his poor victims.. Eight days earlier Winifred's son Keith, 12, had been taken after he left home to visit his grandmother in Longsight. She was taken back to their home in Wardle Brook Avenue, Hattersley, where she was undressed, forced to. "As a private collector, it is most certainly a very unique and rare historical archive which in my view provides a disturbingly harrowing personal insight into the sadistic, satanic, most depraved child killing evil beast.". Terry Kilbride, 63, said: Its a lot to take in. 99 Lesley Ann Downey Premium High Res Photos - Getty Images He was a murderous psychopath. Hindley's minivan while Brady followed behind on his motorcycle. The horror came just after the body of Myra Hindley and. View our online Press Pack. A spokesman for the Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust said: "We can confirm a 79-year-old patient in long term care at Ashworth High Secure Hospital has died after becoming physically unwell. Myra Hindley - Victims, Ian Brady & Facts - Biography Here John had been sexually assaulted and strangled, before being buried in the moors. It was sadistic.. He wrote: "[Myra] regarded periodic homicides as rituals of reciprocal innervation, marriage ceremonies theoretically binding us ever closer.". On the afternoon of Boxing Day, 1964, 10-year-old Lesley Ann Downey . A huge search of the moors began and, on October 16, police found an arm sticking out of the ground, belonging to Lesley Ann. Harrowing last words of girl, 10, tortured by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley She was taken back to the house in Hattersley where they stripped her, tied her up, sexually assaulted and killed her before burying her on the Saddleworth Moor all while a machine recorded the torture from under the bed. Keith Bennett, Lesley Ann Downey were the five victims of Hindley and Brady . Police also found photos of the couple on Saddleworth Moor, which led to a search of the area. Hindley had been charged with the murders of Lesley Ann and Edward, and being an accessory to John's murder. Nearly two years later, Hindley accompanied police to the moor, where she led them to Reades body. 16-year-old Pauline Reade was enticed into Hindley's minivan while Brady followed behind on his motorcycle. The following morning, Brady and Hindley buried her naked in a shallow grave on Saddleworth Moor with her clothes at her feet. Justice Fenton Atkinson, who presided over the case, called Brady wicked beyond belief but did not believe the same to be true of Hindley, once she is removed from [Bradys] influence. Nevertheless, both received multiple life sentences for the Moors murders. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Myra Hindley was a depraved and sadistic serial killer who carried out horrendous acts of sadistic violence with her lover Ian Brady. Brady was also convicted of murdering John Kilbride, while Hindley was convicted of being an. In a tape played before an all-male jury in . He said he lied to cover for his former lover for "20 years" before she began to "fabricate" stories about the way he treated her. Hes dead but we will have to still live with the nightmare that he left behind. She wrote: "Although I left the family home and moved to Gran's, I never felt rejected or 'farmed out', or unwanted. He also asked her to buy books by the Marquis de Sade, a writer famed for his libertine sexuality. The Getty Images design is a trademark of Getty Images. Bill Sheridan. The former police chief, John Stalker who passed away in 2019, worked on the case at the time was said to be haunted by the recording, and a chill went down his spine whenever he heard the festive song. Elisabeth Sherman is a writer living in Jersey City, New Jersey. I will swear on the Bible I have got to go because I am going out with my mama. (Child crying) Myra Hindley: (Whispering) Keep - and you'll be all right.