Who is David Gray, how did he escape Myra Hindley and Ian Brady during the Moors murders and what has he said about the killers?

DAVID Gray was one of a desperately lucky group of potential victims of the evil Moors murderers.

He managed to escape with his young life when he was approached by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley at the height of their murderous rampage — and he has told his story in a Channel 5 documentary.

How did David Gray escape the Moors Murderers?

David Gray revealed in a documentary that Ian Brady and Myra Hindley tried to lure him into their car by pretending they were police when he was 10.

He said: “I asked him to show me a warrant card and he said, ‘you watch too much telly son.’

“I stepped back and I nudged the door and the shop doorbell jangled. The driver said, ‘Come on Ian. We’ve got to go.’

“The man casually stepped towards the car and got in the car and they drove off.

“I stood there afraid to move and I remember for the next few days being really afraid.”

He said he realised who they were after seeing their pictures in the paper after their arrest.

He added: “As I opened the paper up I realised what they wanted to do to me. When I picked that paper up, my childhood ended.”

Between 1963 and 1965, evil lovers Brady and Hindley murdered five children – Pauline Reade, 16, John Kilbride, 12, Keith Bennett, 12, Lesley and 17-year-old Edward Evans.

They were finally caught in October 1965, and were sent to jail for life.

Myra Hindley died in 2002 and Ian Brady in May 2017.

They never revealed the whereabouts of victim Keith Bennett, who has never been found.

Left For Dead: The Moors Murderers is on Channel 5 on Wednesday at 10pm.