News about Ian Brady

In the early hours of August 13, 1964, Peter Allen was frantically pacing his cell at Walton Prison, in Liverpool. Every so often, the 21-year-old would break down in tears or howl in distress as the clock ticked down to 8am. On the hour, the key turned in the lock of his cell door and executioner Robert Leslie Stewart led the 6ft 2in condemned man to the scaffold and positioned him over a trapdoor, before placing a white hood over his head. As Stewart slipped a noose around his neck, Allen muttered just one word: 'Jesus.' The hangman pulled the lever, Allen dropped through the hatch and the rope did the rest. The entire process took less than ten seconds. At the very same time, a similar scene was being played out 31 miles away in Strangeways Prison, Manchester, where Allen's friend Gwynne Owen Evans, 24, was being held. Like Allen, Evans tearfully protested his innocence to the end. The crime for which the pair had been convicted was the murder of John West, a van driver for a laundry firm.

The 32-year-old paranoid schizophrenic went on a rampage in the city in June last year killing 19-year-old student's Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber before fatally stabbing Ian Coates, 65.Now, speaking for the first time since the tragedy, Calocane's mother and brother have revealed they were handed a 300-page dossier of medical records after the killer was sentenced.On one occasion, a psychiatrist doing ward rounds at a Nottinghamshire Trust Hospital raised serious concerns about Calocane's behaviour - and suggested someone could die as a result of his actions.

The 32-year-old paranoid schizophrenic went on a rampage in the northern city in June last year killing 19-year-old student's Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber before fatally stabbing Ian Coates, 65. Now, speaking for the first time since the tragedy, Calocane's mother and brother have claimed the deaths 'could have been prevented' if the mental health services in the UK were not 'broken'.

But they told BBC Panorama they only received the 300-page medical summary containing the warning after his sentencing. It comes as one of a series of opportunities that could have prevented the killings in June 2023. The 32-year-old paranoid schizophrenic was given an indefinite hospital order earlier this year after he went on a rampage in Nottingham city centre, killing 19-year-old students Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar and caretaker Ian Coates, 65. His victims' families wanted him put on trial for murder, but in January this year Nottingham Crown Court accepted his guilty plea for manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. Calocane was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 2020 and was sectioned four times in the last two years.

Dr Sanjoy Kumar blasted the system as unjust and unfair after a judge ruled yesterday that the killer's sentence of an indefinite hospital order was not unduly lenient. The paranoid schizophrenic was given the order for manslaughter after he 'brutally' stabbed to death students Barney Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar, both 19, and school caretaker Ian Coates, 65, in the early hours of June 13 last year. The Court of Appeal in London yesterday refused to change the sentence, and Grace's father today said they have not been given any reassurance that 'this man is not coming out'. 'There are so many people that are released from public orders and what we want is something in black and white or there has to be a change in the law... that this man can never be released because he is too much of a risk to the public, but we need that in black and white we need that reassurance,' he told Good Morning Britain .

Calocane was given an indefinite hospital order for the manslaughter of three people in Nottingham last year - and the Court of Appeal in London today refused to change the sentence. The paranoid schizophrenic 'brutally' stabbed to death students Barney Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar, both 19, and school caretaker Ian Coates, 65, in the early hours of June 13 last year. His victims' families wanted him put on trial for murder but in January this year Nottingham Crown Court accepted his guilty plea to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. In a statement following the appeal court's decision, Barney's mother Emma Webber today said the families 'now face their own life sentence' of ensuring Calocane is not released.

The Court of Appeal heard this morning that Valdo Calocane should have his 'unduly lenient' indefinite hospital order changed to one of life imprisonment following a referral from the Attorney General. Prosecutors had previously accepted the 32-year-old's guilty pleas to manslaughter with diminished responsibility and did not seek a murder conviction after medical evidence showed Calocane has paranoid schizophrenia.

Terry West, 73, who was married with two adult children, is thought to have died earlier this week. Lesley Ann was just ten years old when he was approached by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley at a funfair on Boxing Day 1964. The pair then took her before subjecting her to sickening abuse and torture, which they caught on tape. They buried her body in a shallow grave on Saddleworth Moor, then murdering her and burying her body in a shallow grave. Terry West, Lesley Ann's older brother, was haunted by the agony his sister suffered in her final hours, and he talked about how he blamed himself.

Ms Begum lost her appeal earlier today about the removal of her British citizenship from her appeal at the Court of Appeal. The ISIS bride travelled to Syria in 2015 to join the terror group at the age of 15, but her citizenship was revoked on national security grounds soon after she was discovered in a Syrian refugee camp in February 2019. Ms Begum's law firm, Birnberg Peirce, moved to reverse the decision at the Court of Appeal, with the Home Office opposing the petition. However, three judges refused to hear the case, and the firm's attorneys, Gareth Peirce (right) and Daniel Furner (left), stayed outside The Royal Courts of Justice this morning.

Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, the Moors Murderers, were never expected to be caught. They were omnipotent after cold-heartedly killing four young people in Manchester and burying them each in peat graves on Saddleworth Moor. When I spoke to Brady in prison 30 years ago, I asked if they had been concerned about the possibility of living into middle age or even beyond. They told me that they were discussing a long-term initiative to convert a farmhouse.

Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, the infamous Moors Murderers, experimented with pornography, portraying themselves as the anonymous stars of a series of dirty photos before embarking on their murder spree. Brady brought his photographic equipment along to Myra's house and waited for her grandmother to go to bed early in their marriage. Then and Myra were stripped naked, wearing only white hoods with eye slits to mask their identities.

Ian Brady, the Moors murderer, was chilling for the first time. He was tall and sinister, sporting a black polo neck sweater, blue jeans, and dark glasses. As he towered over me, I imagined myself reflecting in the lenses, knowing that this was the last glimpse his young victims had of him, writes Dr. Alan Keightley, who used to visit Brady in prison.

Hedges, 27, was sentenced to life for the murder of her 18-month-old son Alfie Phillips, who died of a'myriad of bruises', broken ribs, arms, and leg, as well as signs of cocaine and alcohol in his body. The pair are being detained in Bronzefield Prison in Surrey and have access to an en-suite shower, a laptop, a phone, and a television. Letby also has round-the-clock cover.

In a Channel 4 docuseries, one of Britain's most popular couples will have their brutal crimes against children revisited. The first episode of Moors Murders: The Witness is scheduled to air on Channel 4 at 11.05 p.m. tonight, and it will concentrate on the heinous crimes of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady. Hindley and Brady's atrocities in the 1960s have left their collective memory for their sadistic cruelty and murder of five children before burying their bodies in Saddleworth Moor, North West England. Hindley's brother-in-law David Smith alerted the police after the murder of their fifth and final victim, 17-year-old Edward Evans, in 1965. Brady never showed any remorse for his heinous crimes, while Hindley maintained she had been beaten and drugged by her partner into becoming a cold-blooded killer - here we look at who they were and how they died

In a Channel 4 docuseries tonight, one of Britain's most common crimes of violence and murder will be revisited. The first episode of Moors Murders: The Witness will air on Channel 4 at 11.05 p.m. tonight and will examine Myra Hindley and Ian Brady's heinous crimes. Hindley and Brady's horrific atrocities in the 1960s have been imprinted on the public's consciousness for their tragic cruelty and murder of five children, before burying their bodies in Saddleworth Moor, North West England. The Witness will retell the tragic tale through eyewitness accounts, while a deep look at Hindley and Brady's prison letters will reveal the couple's intended next victims for the first time. As the episodes provide fresh perspectives while unearthing further details from the case, we explore who the couple's young victims were and whether each of the five have been found since their murders six decades ago

A key witness was pulled into making a shocking admission midway through Monique Olivier's three-week trial (right) - one of the most tragic and enthralling France has seen. If Olivier had not confessed to helping her husband (left) rape and murder British student Joanna Parrish (inset), and two other victims, her lawyer pressed the senior police officer, could he have produced any evidence strong enough to convict her? Frederic Berardet, a five-year investigator, reminisced on the facts, eased the epaulets of his flawless blue uniform and began to prevaricate. However, his inquirest ordered a one-word answer. As all eyes in the packed courtroom focused on him, the Dijon missing persons bureau chief screamed in anger.'No,' she answered equitably.'

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Officials have reported that child serial killer nurse Lucy Letby has officially applied to contest her sentencing at the Court of Appeal. The 33-year-old, who was sentenced to a whole life term for killing seven babies and assaulting six others, is set to begin her attempts to reveal herself at a court hearing later this month. One father, whose baby Letby tried to murder, told the Mail: "I'm disgusted and angry that Letby is appealing.' If we haven't been through enough, we can't be in a situation to be able to.' We're trying to recover our lives, and now this is a joke of a system. I'm not sure if she's appealing on the grounds she can appeal - there were no supporting factors in the lawsuit.' Letby's request comes after a scientist argued that the prosecution against her was based on "unreliable expert opinion" and "a poor grasp" of science.

A sadistic double killer died in prison recently after receiving a double life term. Reverend John Suddards stabbed him at his vicarage in February 2012, only weeks after murdering former teacher Betty Yates, 77. He was sentenced to two years in prison with no chance of parole, one of only 63 people to receive such a sentence.

These are the never-before-seen photographs of killer nurse Lucy Letby smiling and enjoying life as a carefree teenager with childhood pals. Letby is seated on a sofa with a smile and nonchalant expression on her face after a night out to celebrate her 17th birthday. In another, she stares into the camera with a huge, reassured smile as her friends huddled around her outside Hereford Sixth Form College to celebrate the completion of their A levels. A third shows Letby and three other pals on holiday wearing life vests and looking excited as they stand in shallow water awaiting to board an inflatable ring pulled by a speedboat.

Mr Justice Goss told the killer nurse that she had "robbed parents of their beloved children" and "deprived siblings of their brothers and sisters." The most prolific child serial murderer in modern British history refused to appear in court today, where she is likely to be sent a full life term. Her decision not to attend court today was described as 'the last act of wickedness from a coward,', prompting further calls for new legislation that would encourage criminals to appear in court.

More than a dozen family members descended on Manchester Crown Court to see Britain's most prolific child killer face justice this morning, but they were denied admission as she cowered in her prison. Nicholas Johnson KC, the prosecutor, told Manchester Crown Court Letby's pleaded guilty to a full-life tariff. According to him, the murders were admisible on several fronts, including that they were foreseeable and contained elements of'sadistic behaviour' against children. Mr Justice Goss has stated that he has no power to order a defendant to attend a sentencing hearing, but that the Government has promised to give judges the ability to do so.

Former ministers and experts have pleaded that the nurse's sickening charges be probed into a statutory basis and led by a judge with the ability to order witnesses to appear and testify. The trial of the NHS serial killer, who is likely to face a full life term today, heard that administrators at the Countess of Chester Hospital had multiple chances to have her removed from the maternity unit but that they refused to act. The government has opened an investigation but wants it to have less power, citing that "speed is of the essence" and a judge-led inquiry may be too slow. However, former justice secretary Robert Buckland told the Times: "If we don't get all the key witnesses giving evidence, we'll be unable to learn the lessons from this tragic story and we won't see evil predators repeating her depraved crimes."

Despite her wishes, former justice secretary Robert Buckland ordered that the sentencing to be played into Letby's cell if she does not attend, and that she should have to listen to the victim statements from the families of the babies she murdered. 'She needs to hear the victim's personal remarks, as well as impact statements that might have impacted the world,' Mr Buckland said.