He was snatched by killers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley over half a century ago
The couple’s victims were five children - Pauline Reade, John Kilbride, Keith Bennett, Lesley Ann Downey and Edward Evans. The victims were aged between 10 and 17, and at least four of them were sexually assaulted.The bodies of two of the victims were discovered in graves dug on
Brady also received a life sentence and was moved to Ashworth Hospital in 1985 after being declared criminally insane - he died on May 15, 2017, aged 79. The 12-year-old was on his way to his grandmother’s house in Longsight on the evening of June 16, 1964 when Hindley approached him, asking for help loading boxes into her van.
Brady was in the back of the van. Hindley drove to a lay-by on Saddleworth Moor and Brady walked off with Keith, asking him to help him look for a lost glove.Brady then returned alone carrying a spade and said he had sexually assaulted then strangled Keith.