Brady still insane.MOORS murderer Ian Brady Ian Brady (born Ian Duncan Stewart on January 2, 1938 in the Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland) is a notorious British serial killer. Brady is known primarily for his role in a series of murders that he committed along with his partner Myra Hindley in Greater Manchester has given up his fight to prove he is no longer insane. Brady had fought for the right to starve himself after a court ruled he could be force fed because he was mentally ill. The 71-year-old had battled for eight years for a public hearing at a mental health review tribunal The Mental Health Review Tribunal consists of two distinct bodies, within a single organisation, which exist to protect the rights of persons subject to the Mental Health Act 1983 in England and Wales in the United Kingdom. . His lawyer revealed yesterday Brady has decided the legal battle is pointless. Brady - who killed five children with Myra Hindley Myra Hindley (23 July 1942 – 15 November 2002) was an English serial killer involved in the "Moors murders" with her partner Ian Brady Early life Hindley was born in Crumpsall, Manchester, and raised by her grandmother Ellen Maybury. in 1966 - began his hunger strike in 1999. He went to the High Court in London in 2000 to try to stop medics at Ashworth hospital on Merseyside force-feeding him. But a judge ruled Brady was not capable of a reasoned decision and that the food was a treatment for his mental illness. His solicitor Richard Nicholas said: "He has no wish to take further part in proceedings which he sees as politically manipulative." CAPTION(S): HUNGER STRIKE: Brady |
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