Lucy Letby joins grim list of Britain’s most notorious serial killers
As Letby, 33, is convicted of murder of seven babies, we take a look at some of the country’s most shocking murderers
October 2022
Doubts over evidence behind futile dig for Moors murder victim Keith Bennett
Search ends for Moors murder victim Keith Bennett after no remains found
Moors murder: Keith Bennett’s brother voices frustration over search
Police yet to find remains of Moors murder victim Keith Bennett in dig
September 2022
Police dig for Moors victim Keith Bennett after skull reportedly found
Detectives are analysing a small sample of the remains and some clothing on Saddleworth Moor near Manchester
February 2022
TV review
Moors Murders: The Witness review – these heinous crimes have nothing more to teach us
This three-part documentary which hangs on ‘never before seen’ letters and an interview with Myra Hindley’s brother-in-law is a thinly veiled ratings-chaser with little value
November 2020
Open door
Was it right to give Peter Sutcliffe a Guardian obituary?
Elisabeth Ribbans
Many readers thought an obituary about the man who murdered 13 women was an ‘honour’ he did not merit, says the Guardian and Observer’s global readers’ editor, Elisabeth Ribbans
July 2019
Killers could be kept in prison for refusing to reveal body locations
Justice secretary says ‘Helen’s law’ will require Parole Board to consider lack of cooperation
June 2019
Set the record straight on Lord Longford and Ian Brady
Moors murderer Ian Brady had contact with vulnerable boys in jail
March 2019
'I feel like they've still got him': brother's search for Moors victim
Alan Bennett discusses meeting Myra Hindley and why Ian Brady’s briefcases offer fresh hope
February 2019
John Stalker, who investigated Moors murders, dies aged 79
Moors murders: police denied access to Ian Brady briefcases
October 2018
Secure hospitals are not penal institutions
Letter: Very few patients in high secure hospitals have convictions for anything as horrible as Ian Brady’s crimes, and some have no criminal conviction at all, writes Mat Kinton
November 2017
Moors murderer Ian Brady buried at sea after cremation
Police kept body parts of Moors murders victim without family's knowledge
October 2017
No funeral for Moors murderer Ian Brady, judge rules
Court removes responsibility for body from solicitor and says there will be no ceremony or music during disposal of remains
September 2017
Ian Brady had locked cases of his belongings removed before death
Moors murderer asked for briefcases to be taken from his hospital room shortly before he died of heart failure, inquest told
July 2017
Thatcher overruled minister to keep Moors murderers locked up for life
Letter released by National Archives reveals PM disagreed with her home secretary’s advice on parole for Myra Hindley and Ian Brady
