Moors Murderer Ian Brady dies
Moors Murderer Ian Brady, who killed five children with Myra Hindley, has died aged 79.
A Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust spokesman said: "We can confirm a 79-year-old patient in long term care at Ashworth High Secure Hospital has died after becoming physically unwell."
The serial killer was jailed for three murders in 1966.
Brady had been held at Ashworth Hospital, a secure psychiatric unit in Merseyside, since 1985.
Notorious murderer who refused to show remorse
He had been on successive hunger strikes since 1999 arguing he should be allowed to die, but had been force-fed because he was considered mentally ill.
Brady campaigned for several years to be moved from Ashworth to a Scottish prison, where he would not be force-fed and be allowed to die if he wished.
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