Robin Makin said he was with Ian Brady less than two hours before his death and described it as "quite a moving sort of situation".

"He's taken it to the grave. There's still one poor kiddie up there on the Moors. My heart goes out to Alan - at least I've got somewhere that I can visit our Les, he hasn't even got that."

Moors murderer Ian Brady could be showing early signs of dementia, a close confidante has claimed.

The man who murdered April Jones has launched a legal bid to overturn a ruling that he must spend the rest of his life behind bars.

Moors Murderer Ian Brady is to remain a patient at a maximum security hospital in the UK after losing his £250,000 legal bid to be transferred to a jail.

Offering his first ever public explanation for why he committed the Moors murders, Ian Brady said he was “a petty criminal” who killed his child victims for an “existential experience”.

The hospital treatment of Moors Murderer Ian Brady may have been affected by his notoriety, his mental health tribunal in the UK has heard.

Moors Murderer Ian Brady is to speak publicly for the first time since he was jailed for life in 1966, as he bids to leave a mental hospital.

Moors Murderer Ian Brady remains “chronically psychotic” and should remain in a hospital setting for treatment, his mental health tribunal heard today.

Moors murderer Ian Brady made his first public appearance in over 50 years, claiming his murder of five children was “petty” compared to the crimes committed by politicians.

Moors murderer Ian Brady wants to go to prison so he is "free to end his life", a mental health tribunal heard today.

A TV documentary about Moors murderer Ian Brady will air tonight with the approval of Winnie Johnson’s family, broadcaster Channel 4 confirmed.

Keith Bennett will remain “in the possession” of Moors murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley until his body is found, the victim’s brother has said.

Dáithí O Sé, pictured here with Texas Rose Kelly Gaetano, will introduce the Rose Of Tralee on RTÉ One on Monday and Tuesday.

Murderer Ian Brady has been urged to finally "do the decent thing" following the death of Winnie Johnson and reveal the whereabouts of her 12-year-old son's body.

The family of the mother of Moors Murders victim Keith Bennett has vowed to continue the fight to find his body and give her son a Christian burial.

Ian Brady’s mental health advocate has told police she gave a letter, in which he apparently reveals the location of one of his victims, back to him.

Ian Brady’s mental health advocate has told police she gave a letter in which he apparently reveals the location of one of his victims back to him, sources said tonight.

Police are investigating whether Moors Murderer Ian Brady has written a letter to be opened on his death revealing the location of Keith Bennett’s body,

Moors murderer Ian Brady’s legal advocate has been arrested for allegedly failing to reveal information about where one of his victims is buried, sources have confirmed.

Moors murderer Ian Brady has revealed details about where one of his victims, 12-year-old Keith Bennett, is buried, police believe.

Serial child killer Robert Black is to serve a minimum of 25 years in jail for murdering a schoolgirl 30 years ago.

The top investigator searching for the seven final victims of the co-called Disappeared appealed tonight for the public’s help to bring closure to families.

The family of a man believed to have been murdered by the IRA almost 30 years ago face a month-long wait for confirmation his remains have been found.

A BRITISH animal protection charity is offering a €1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person, or persons, responsible for the cruel death of an 11-year- old family dog, outside Dingle, Co Kerry, last month.

A 40-YEAR-OLD man has been charged with the murders of three Bradford women.

A privately funded search has begun for the body of a 12-year-old boy killed by Moors Murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, it was reported.

Forensic investigators who today began digging bogland for the remains of a man murdered and secretly buried 30 years ago are not expecting any immediate breakthroughs.

Regular contact between the IRA and forensic investigators is guiding searches for people abducted, murdered and secretly buried during the North’s Troubles, it emerged tonight.

HEARTBROKEN Winnie Johnson broke down in tears yesterday as she begged Moors murderer Ian Brady to reveal to her the 45-year secret of where her son is buried.

Murdered IRA victim Danny McIlhone will finally be laid to rest with his mother and father almost 30 years after his disappearance, his family said today.

The family of IRA victim Danny McElhone were today hoping to finally give him a Christian burial as the last of his suspected remains were taken from a hillside.

Investigators who uncovered the partial remains of a suspected IRA victim on a remote Wicklow hillside are using their ground-breaking methods at five other potential burial sites, it was revealed tonight.

DNA TESTS on the partial remains of a man believed murdered and secretly buried by the IRA could take several weeks.

DNA tests on the partial remains of a man believed murdered and secretly buried by the IRA could take several weeks, it emerged today.

Pressure mounted on the IRA today to come clean about its so-called “Disappeared” victims.

Downing Street tonight led condemnation of London’s tourism body after a painting of Moors Murderer Myra Hindley was shown in a promotional video being screened in Beijing.

Police refused to comment today on a report that human remains had been found on Saddleworth Moor.

'Life On Mars', 'Extras' and a drama about Lord Longford's campaign to free Moors Murderer Myra Hindley are front-runners at the TV Baftas in England tonight.

The smash-hit series 'Life On Mars' has been nominated for two TV Baftas today.

THE opinions put forward by Tom Carew (Irish Examiner letters, May 11) about the 1981 hunger strikers were not only offensive and disrespectful, they were also littered with that tiresome kind of neo-unionism that is so prevalent in our contemporary print media.

Oscar-winning actor Jim Broadbent has defended his new TV movie about notorious British child killers the 'Moors Murderers' Myra Hindley and Ian Brady.

THE testimony of a 12-year-old schoolgirl who escaped the clutches of the Moors Murderers has been published for the first time.

Moors murderer Ian Brady has expressed his outrage over plans to dramatise his crimes, the BBC reported today.