Body of Moors murderer Ian Brady is released – so will his remains be returned to his native Scotland?
THE BODY of monster Ian Brady has been released to his lawyer after it was confirmed his ashes would not be scattered on Saddleworth Moor.
Officers formed a ring of steel around his ghoulish remains before they were released amid reports he could be cremated in his birthplace Glasgow.
He told pen pal Cody Lachey, who had offered to provide security at his funeral, that he wished to be cremated in the Scottish city where he was raised by his foster parents.
He wrote to Cody: "I'll be cremated in Glasgow etc. Your kind offer to provide certain services at the event, with associates etc, that would be perfectly acceptable and prudent in the historically, hysterical and exploitative circumstance. Thanks!!"
A spokesman for Sefton Council in Merseyside confirmed the release form has been sent to the place his body was held under police guard.
It means his body has now been released and is the property of the executor of his will Robin Makin.
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Senior coroner Christopher Sumner had forbidden the psychopath’s body be released until the executor of his will proved Brady had not requested his ashes be scattered on the moors where he buried his victims.
A second inquest hearing into Brady's death yesterday heard from his long-term lawyer Robin Makin, who said there is "no likelihood" his ashes will be spread on Saddleworth Moor.
It is believed Brady had requested his remains be spread in his native Scotland.
Today, The Sun can reveal officers searching for Brady’s missing victim Keith Bennett plan to seize his personal possessions - to look for clues for the 12-year-old’s whereabouts.
Cops want to examine the serial killer’s personal belongings left in his room at Ashworth Hospital following his death on Monday, aged 79.
A source said: “The police will leave no stone unturned in trying to find where Keith is buried so they want to have look at anything which Brady has left behind in case there are any clues.”
Police previously searched Brady’s room in 2012 after former friend Jackie Powell claimed he had written a note to Keith’s long-suffering mother Winnie, which was to be opened in the event of his death.
She said she did not open it and returned it to Brady - but cops never found any evidence.
Today, the brother of Brady’s second victim John Kilbride urged the authorities to continue looking for Keith.
Terry Kilbride, 63, added: “I still think they should do another dig, immaterial of the cost.”
He demanded Brady’s ashes should be interred at Ashworth, saying: “He shouldn’t have any human rights."
Brady died in his room at 6.02pm on Monday after making a do not resuscitate order.
During an inquest at Southport Town Hall on Tuesday, Mr Sumner asked for assurances the killer's ashes would not be spread on Saddleworth Moor and that a funeral director and crematorium willing to take the body had been found.
Coroner's officer Alby Howard-Murphy told a second hearing yesterday: "I spoke to Mr Makin and he was unhappy with the comments that were made in court yesterday and suggested that there is no likelihood that the ashes would be spread on Saddleworth Moor.
"I have since had an email from Mr Makin.
"He has said that the comments made about the disposal of ashes, widely reported, are untrue."
Mr Howard-Murphy said Mr Makin had told him Brady's will was a "private document" unless it was submitted to probate.
Michael Armstrong, counsel for Merseyside Police, asked for the release of the body to be delayed.
He said: "The deceased's body is currently under police guard.
"Upon release to the executor the police will no longer be in a position to provide any assurances in respect of the safety of the body."
He said officers understood there were no suggestions that Mr Makin had made arrangements within the Sefton local authority to have Brady's body dealt with.
Mr Sumner said he would delay the release of the body for almost 24 hours to allow the police time to "negotiate" with Mr Makin about arrangements.
Mr Makin had called for the inquest to be concluded yesterday as a post-mortem showed Brady died of natural causes.
But Mr Sumner said he would deal with the inquest in a "full, frank and fearless manner".
He said Brady had spent more than 50 years in custody and he believed Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights was engaged.
He said: "There are some people in England who will wonder why Mr Brady, and now that he has died, why he should have any human rights when he denied human rights to people himself, but we abide and live by the rule of the law."
The hearing was told Brady's cause of death was cor pulmonale, a form of heart failure, secondary to bronchopneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or lung disease.
Mr Sumner said a full inquest would be held on June 29.
In 1966, Brady and Myra Hindley were jailed for life for the killings of John Kilbride, 12, 10-year-old Lesley Ann Downey and Edward Evans, 17.
They went on to admit the murders of Pauline Reade, 16, and 12-year-old Keith Bennett.
In 2013, he asked to be moved to a Scottish prison so he could not be force fed, as he could be in hospital, and where he could be allowed to die if he wished.
His request was rejected after Ashworth medical experts said he had chronic mental illness and needed continued care in hospital.
In February, he was refused permission to launch a High Court fight to have the lawyer of his choice representing him at a tribunal where the decision would be reviewed.
At the inquest hearing on Tuesday, the court heard he had been looked after by a palliative care team for two weeks before his death because of his deteriorating health.
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