Crimes that sent shockwaves throughout Britain

THE crimes of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady shattered the innocence of Britain.

That youngsters could be simply snatched off the street to be sexually abused and tortured to death sent shockwaves through a country where children were left to play unsupervised in their communities.

That a woman could be the perpetrator of such crimes even as an accomplice was almost too horrible to believe.