'PUBLICITY SEEKER'

Brother of Moors Murders victim Keith Bennett blasts amateur sleuth who ‘wrongly claimed he found grave on moors’

THE brother of Moors ­Murders victim Keith Bennett has blasted the amateur sleuth who sparked the massive dig.

Cops began excavating an area of Saddleworth Moor last week after an author came forward claiming he found a grave.

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Alan Bennett, the brother of Moors Murders victim Keith, has blasted the amateur sleuth who sparked a massive digCredit: MEN
Keith Bennett was murdered in 1968Credit: PA:Press Association
A forensics officer at an area being searched on Saddleworth Moor in the hunt for the remains of the body of Keith BennettCredit: Getty

Russell Edwards told officers he had discovered a fragment of skull and an upper jaw with teeth, sparking a week-long search.

It was hoped the huge breakthrough could finally crack the riddle that has plagued police for nearly 60 years.

But police called off their search for Keith on Friday after finding no evidence of human remains.

And Keith's brother Alan Bennett, 66, said he has been left with a “feeling of anger and pain”.

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In a lengthy post on social media, he wrote: “I’m just left with a feeling of utter contempt for him and his actions and I know the rest of Keith’s family feel the same, along with anger and pain.

“Will he apologise for the anguish, anger, hurt and distress caused by his thoughtless publicity-seeking actions?”

In the angry post, Mr Bennett adds: “Why would there only be a fragment of jaw bone left of Keith, considering the condition of the other victims that were found?”

"Does he always have a camera crew and photographer with him? Or was it just by pure chance and coincidence that they were with him on his supposed find?

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“What makes him think that a team of highly trained professional forensic archaeologists, scene of crime officers, a botanist, a facial features expert, lab technicians, another team of officers walking the moor both in front and behind his supposed find searching the ground and drone operatives [...] could not find what he is supposed to have found?”

Tragically, Keith's mum Winnie died without ever being able to bury her son.

Ian Brady and Myra Hindley snatched Keith on June 16, 1964, as he made his way to his grandmother's house.

He was strangled and buried on Saddleworth Moor by the depraved duo but his body has never been found.

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