‘ Give hospital the last laugh’ on Brady’s ashes

took the knowledge of his last resting place with him.

Before he died, Brady found time to put his own affairs in order, though.

Details from his updated last will and testament reveal he has written an autobiography, called Black Light, that he wants published from beyond the grave.

He wants his belongings sold and the proceeds used to publish the memoir, with the proceeds divided between a number of animal charities. In the legal document, the killer underlined his contempt for Ashworth’s staff.

He wrote: “After experiencing treatment by the staff of Ashworth Hospital, I prefer animals to

Ian Brady never revealed where the body of Keith Bennett, left, was buried. humans. I do not wish any of the staff of Ashworth to be present at my funeral or cremation.”

Brady was moved to Ashworth in 1985, but made numerous attempts to be moved to a mainstream prison. It was reported that he wanted to be in a prison, where he would be a prisoner rather than a patient, so authorities would be powerless to prevent him deliberately starving himself to death.

However, claims he had been on a 14- year hunger strike were exposed as lies in 2013, when an inquiry heard he had toast and packet soup every day.

Brady’s horrific crimes still shock today. He and Myra Hindley, who died in 2002 aged 60, tortured and murdered five youngsters between 1963 and 1965. Lesley Ann Downey, 10, John Kilbride, 12, and Pauline Reade, 16, were buried on desolate Saddleworth Mo o r, near Manchester. Edward Evans, 17, was killed in Brady’s home.

Police have vowed never to stop searching for Keith.

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