Brady protests over ITV moors murder drama

Published on Thursday 1 September 2005 12:35

MOORS murderer Ian Brady has protested over plans for a television drama about his crimes of four decades ago.

The 67-year-old has written to the chairman of Granada Television, saying publicity about his crimes is "now rivalling Coronation Street in longevity", and questions the show's impact on the families of his victims.

He has also sent copies of his letter to the Home Secretary and Attorney General.

Filming of the dramatised account of the crimes is expected to start soon in Manchester, and the screening will come exactly 40 years since Brady and accomplice Myra Hindley were convicted.

The writer, Neil McKay, has promised "an unsensational account of the most notorious crimes of the last century".

In the mid-1960s, Brady - assisted by Hindley - tortured and killed four children, then buried their bodies on the moors above Manchester. The two were caught after the body of a fifth victim was discovered at their home.

Hindley died in hospital in 2002, having failed in her long campaign to be released from prison, while Brady is mentally ill and is a patient at Mersyside's high-security Ashworth Hospital.