The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
The last journey of a murderer
Wednesday October 25, 9pm – Brady’s body is collected from the mortuary at the Royal Liverpool Hospital by an appointed official from Tameside Council and a pathologist.
Escorted by an unmarked police car with an inspector and sergeant from Merseyside Police, the corpse is transported by road to Southport Crematorium. Brady’s body does not enter any public area and is placed in a standby cremator.
10pm exactly – The cremation begins in the presence of Brady’s solicitor, Robin Makin, the police officers, council officials and two crematorium workers. In accordance with a judge’s order no music was played, there were no flowers and no photographs were taken.
Once the cremation is complete Brady’s ashes are placed in a biodegradable urn made of Himalayan rock salt. The weighted urn is designed to sink to the bottom of the sea immediately before dissolving over a few hours.
Thursday October 26, 12.45am – Brady’s ashes handed to the Tameside Council official and the urn is taken from the crematorium in the unmarked police car to Liverpool Marina.
The urn is taken aboard a boat from the North West Police Underwater Search and Marine Unit accompanied by the council official and police sergeant. The boat sets out to sea to an undisclosed location. 2.30am – Brady’s remains are jettisoned.