Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Evil to the end
information but that has gone. The only hope is that he has passed information to his representatives that will emerge in the days to come. “I would hope the remains can be found but unfortunately I have not got any information that is going to assist them. I would be very surprised if he really had anything that was useful. “He did go to the moors a long time ago and I suspect if there had been information for him that he could have provided he would have provided it then.” But another lawyer who interviewed Brady twice insisted the serial killer did know where Keith’s body is. David Kirwan, who acted for the victim’s mum Winnie Johnson, said: “He dropped hints. I asked him specifically, ‘Do you know where the body is if you went back to the moors?’ He said sarcastically, ‘When I did go back in 1987 I took the police almost over his grave and they didn’t know, they bungled it.’ That was a bizarre thing to say and it convinced me that he did know.” Keith’s mother, Winnie Johnson, died in 2012 after fighting tirelessly for decades to find her son. A heartbreaking video has emerged of her begging Brady to reveal where he buried the boy, a week before her death. Fighting back tears, she said: “I want him found before anything happens to me. “I want Brady to know that I’ve got cancer and if he has any decency or respect for himself and me, he will tell me where Keith is.” Martin Bottomley, head of the Greater Manchester Police Cold Case Review Unit, vowed never to stop the hunt. He said: “Our aim is to find where Keith is buried and give closure to his surviving family members.” Keith’s brother Alan, also pledged to keep up the search. Brady, who killed five children with Hindley, died from heart and lung problems. Speaking of his death, Mr Ainley said: “It was, I suppose, quite a moving sort of situation.” But Chief Insp Ian Hanson of GMP’S Police Federation insisted there should be no sympathy for the killer. He said: “He takes his place in hell and he can rot there and as far as I am concerned. Ashworth Hospital can leave him out for the bin men.”
MOORS murderer Ian Brady’s refusal to tell police where he buried Keith Bennett underlined what an evil monster he remained, right up to his last breath.
The 12-year-old’s body may never be found now, lost on Saddleworth Moor and denied a respectful internment. We believe the coroner is right not to release the despicable killer’s remains until he is assured they will not be scattered at the spot where Brady committed some of his vile deeds. That a savage killer was kept alive so long by the state is witness to the compassion of a civilised country when he and accomplice, Myra Hindley, showed none to their victims. The world is a better place without them.