Banned: Brady’s ‘diabolical orgy’ cremation music
Judge refuses any kind of ceremony at burial Killer wanted symphony from The Shining played
CHILD murderer Ian Brady was yesterday denied a final insult to victims’ families – to have music from horror film The Shining played at his cremation.
The Jack Nicholson movie, in which two little girls are slaughtered, uses a work by composer Hector Berlioz.
High Court chancellor Sir Geoffrey Vos said: “Offence would be caused to families of the deceased’s victims.”
The judge also banned any ceremony for Brady and ordered a secret local authority disposal.
The Glasgow-born killer had left instructions with his lawyer Robin Makin to play the fifth movement of opiuminspired Symphony Fantastic, called Dream of the Night of the Sabbath, at his funeral.
The 19th century piece sees demons, ghouls and sorcerers gathered at Berlioz’s funeral in a “diabolical orgy” as he is taken into Hell for the murder of his lover.
Brady and his lover Myra Hindley – who died in 2002 at the age of 60 – murdered five children in the 60s and buried them outside Manchester on Saddleworth Moor.
Sir Geoffrey ensured Brady’s ashes could not be scattered on the moor by handing responsibility to Tameside Council.
Details of where and when are secret and can only be made public a week later.
In a statement, Tameside Council said: “We sought the assistance of the High Court to ensure the body of Brady is disposed of in a manner that does not cause offence and distress to the public, particularly the relatives of the victims, who reside in our boroughs.”
There had been fears that Brady had requested that his ashes should be scattered in Glasgow.
A city council spokeswoman said yesterday: “We made it clear from day one that the city of Glasgow will not accept Brady’s body for cremation.”
Brady died, aged 79, in May at Ashworth secure hospital, on Merseyside, where he had been held since 1985.
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