Ian Brady’s will: ‘Scatter my ashes in the Clyde’

MOORS Murderer Ian Brady’s will reportedly asked for his ashes to be scattered in the River Clyde and for money raised from publishing his memoirs to go to charity.

The 79-year-old child killer died on Monday after spending more than five decades behind bars for murders committed with partner Myra Hindley.

According to The Sun, Brady asks in his will to be cremated to the sounds of Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, which tells how a young artist dreams of killing his beloved and is condemned to death.

The killer’s will – seen by the newspaper – also calls for his paintings and photos of himself to be auctioned to fund publication of his autobiography, entitled Black Light – with any spare money to go to charity.

Brady reportedly adds: ‘I do not wish to be viewed by relatives or friends. The coffin is to remain closed. I do not wish any of the staff of Ashworth Hospital to be present at my funeral or cremation.’

The killer’s body has been released to his lawyer, and the paper said he had asked to be cremated in a non-religious ceremony in his native Glasgow, with his remains to be scattered on the Clyde near the Gorbals area, where he grew up.

But Glasgow City Council has said it would refuse any request for the notorious murderer to be cremated in the area.

A spokesman for the authority said: ‘We have not had such a request but we would refuse that request. We would advise the private crematoria not to accept the request or any such request should it be forthcoming.’

Brady and Hindley were jailed for life for the killings of John Kilbride, 12, ten-yearold Lesley Ann Downey and Edward Evans, 17. They went on to admit the murders of Pauline Reade, 16, and 12-year-old Keith Bennett, whose body was never found.

Terry Kilbride, 63, brother of John, condemned Brady’s plans, telling The Sun: ‘It upsets me that this monster is trying to make money on the back of what he did to our John and those other kids. It’s sickening that he’s planned this.’ How Brady’s mother kept on loving

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