Oliver Brady: Haberdashers' Hall phone-snatcher jailed
One of the phones in Brady's possession belonged to a blind woman who had it snatched from her hand earlier in the day, causing her to fall to the ground.Brady, riding an illegal electric bike, was stopped by security staff at Haberdashers' Hall who had seen him grab a phone from a passer-by.During the struggle, he punched one of the guards and began discarding the phones he was carrying.He was arrested at the scene and found with a quantity of cash and tinfoil – which the court heard can be used to wrap phones to stop them being tracked.He claimed he used the foil to wrap his knee.
Defending, Malcolm Duxbury accepted his client "had an appalling criminal record" but said Brady had turned to crime after his hopes of becoming a professional footballer were brought to an end when he was stabbed.Brady became reliant on heroin and cocaine and funded his addiction by snatching phones, the court heard.
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Photos found in the recently discovered case files point to an alternative location for the burial site to that previously given by the killers MOORS MYSTERY I grilled Myra Hindley on where final Moors Murders victim is buried… could Brady's chilling secret memoir hold answer? FOR 60 years the final resting place of 12-year-old Keith Bennett has remained a mystery - a tragic secret that vile killer Ian Brady took with him to the grave. Despite multiple searches, his body was never recovered and Keith's heartbroken mother Winnie Johnson died not being able to give her son a proper burial. 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Advertisement In the hours before his death in 2017, Brady asked for locked suitcases to be removed from his cell and handed to his solicitor Robin Makin. The police and Keith Bennett's family have requested access to the paperwork inside, but this has been denied. Cops dig for Moors Murder victim Keith Bennett as 'skull' found 58 years after Ian Brady & Myra Hindley killing spree Duncan says: 'Ian Brady has been allowed to maintain control of this story even in death. 'Brady knew exactly what he was doing. It's absolute madness that the police haven't been able to look inside the suitcases.' Advertisement The findings are featured in a new BBC documentary, The Moors Murders: A Search for Justice, alongside the original case files for Hindley and Brady's defence. One of Brady's solicitors, Benedict Birnberg, died in 2023. His firm told Duncan that any material left with them had been sent to Brady's other solicitor Robin Makin, who also had Brady's suitcases. The BBC contacted Makin but he has not responded. Astonishing discovery 13 Ian Brady, right, pictured arriving at the courthouse in Hyde, Cheshire to be convicted of the Moors murders of five children Credit: 1965 AP Advertisement 13 Brady's biographer, Dr Alan Keightley, wrote in his own book that Brady had written a 600 page autobiography called Black Light Credit: Rex 13 Tragically Keith Bennett's mother Winnie Johnson died without ever knowing her son's final resting place Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd Duncan explains how he met Hindley in the 1990s when he started working on the case and quizzed her about her version of events. "I asked her where Keith Bennett is buried. I never got a clear answer. That's why, if I like it or not, I'm still working on the case all those years later," he says. Advertisement 'A lot of the paperwork disappeared after the trial of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady.' 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Children had been going missing in the area for years - and the investigation into Edward Evans' death would lead police to the abduction and murders of John Kilbride, Lesley Anne Downey, Pauline Reade and Keith Bennett. Trophy photos taken by Brady of Hindley on the Moors would later help police find the tragic graves of John and Lesley Anne. Advertisement Hindley and Brady were charged with three murders - Edward Evans, John Kilbride and Lesley Anne Downey, as the other two bodies had not been found. They were convicted and sentenced to life sentences with a whole life tariff. But the case was reopened in 1985 after Brady was reported as having confessed to the murders of Pauline and Keith. Hindley stopped claiming her innocence in 1987 and confessed to all of the murders. Advertisement Brady and Hindley were taken separately to Saddleworth Moor to assist in the search for the graves. Information provided by Hindley helped police to find Pauline's body. But Keith's still remains on the moors. Troubling photo 13 A picture of Myra Hindley holding a puppy on a rock in the moor, in a very similar photograph to the one taken on John Kilbride's grave, troubled the team Credit: BBC 13 Winnie Johnson with her son Joey, then 23, digging on Saddleworth Moor in a bid to find the remains of her son Keith Bennett in 1988 Credit: Alamy Advertisement 13 Officers from Greater Manchester Police search Saddleworth Moor for the remains of the body of 12-year-old Keith Bennett in 2022 Credit: PA 13 An un-searched gas pipe on Saddleworth Moor Credit: BBC Hindley and Brady both maintained that Keith's body had been buried where two streams - Shiny Brook and Hoe Grane - met. Despite extensive searches by police, and forensic investigators working for the Bennett family, nothing was found. Advertisement But Duncan, forensic archaeologist John Hunter and retired detective Martin Slevin now think photos found in the recently discovered case files could be pointing in a different direction. John says: 'It also means that Brady and Hindley are complete liars and had taken us to the wrong place.' The team decided to focus on photographs found in the defence case files taken by Brady. It means that Brady and Hindley are complete liars and had taken us to the wrong place John Hunter There is one picture in particular that troubled the team - one of Myra Hindley holding a puppy on a rock in the moor, in a very similar photograph to the one taken on John Kilbride's grave. Advertisement In the background is a concrete gas pipe marker - leading the team to question whether this could also be marking Keith's grave. Retired detective Geoff Knupfer was one of the officers who worked on the case in the 80s. He said he raised the issue at the time. He says: 'There was a thought that these two children (Pauline and Keith) could have been disposed of in the trench of the pipeline and that enquiries they made would suggest it would be far too expensive to re-excavate it and check. 'I think a decision was taken at some level with the service or Home Office that enough was enough. Advertisement "These two people have been convicted of three murders, they have been sentenced to life imprisonment, the likelihood of them ever being released is remote indeed. "I don't want to criticise former colleagues too much, it is all well and good if it is not your children who are missing or your family involved in it.' The BBC team brought in modern technology including drones and GPS to the now 60-year-old case. And the findings cemented their belief that the area around the gas pipe marker warranted further investigation. Advertisement Duncan says: 'I believe the police should search the areas that Martin and John have identified, and we are going to hand all the evidence over to them. "But I don't think they are likely to search without an X marks the spot.' 'Lack of accountability' 13 Moors Murders victims John Kilbride and Pauline Reade 13 Maureen and David Smith - Myra Hindley's sister and brother-in-law - who denounced Hindley and Brady to the police after Edward Evans' murder Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd Advertisement Martin Slevin and Duncan also trawled through Brady's other materials to find any insight into his way of thinking and hopefully any information that could lead to Keith's grave. Martin says: 'We have got pretty much his whole music collection here, really eclectic mix. German marching songs, classical music, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.' Also included in the haul are press cuttings and media coverage of Hindley and Brady. Duncan says: 'He's living in the past, it matters to him. The murders mattered to him and possession of Keith Bennett matters to him, and he views himself as a superstar.' Advertisement They discovered a copy of Detective Chief Superintendent Peter Topping's book - the man who led the hunt for Keith and Pauline's bodies in the 1980s. In the chapters when DCS Topping detailed his interviews with Hindley, where she described not being able to hear Brady and Keith on the moors, Brady had made side notes saying: 'You could not keep her away, she enjoyed it.' Martin says: 'He's clearly saying that she was part, hands-on Keith Bennett's murder [sic]. That is the first time we have had a direct contradiction of that account.' Brady's living in the past, it matters to him. The murders mattered to him and possession of Keith Bennett matters to him, and he views himself as a superstar Duncan Staff Duncan says: 'And that means she was at the burial site.' Advertisement Martin adds: 'She would have known exactly where Keith Bennett is buried.' The police have had Hindley's maps of the area since 2001. But there is no complete record of where they have searched. Duncan: 'What has struck me about this case is the lack of accountability. "How no-one can be held responsible because police today can say those decisions were taken back in the Sixties, it was nothing to do with me, therefore I don't need to do anything. Advertisement 'But for the families there is this constant enduring pain. I think all of them are still impacted by the fact Keith is still missing, no matter which family it is, because they are all intertwined. "You can't divorce their stories.' Greater Manchester Police initially told the BBC they were interested to see their findings, but then changed its mind. In a statement to the BBC, GMP said its investigation remains open and it would 'continue to seek the answers the family deserve and will act upon any credible evidence". Advertisement 'There have been so many missed opportunities to find Keith, and we can't let this be another one,' says Duncan. 'We have to make sure that everything is done and that every effort is made to get hold of the missing pages of Black Light and to finally remove Ian Brady's control.' The Moors Murders: A Search for Justice is on BBC Two tonight (Wednesday 30 July). Both episodes are available on iPlayer now. 13 The search for Keith Bennet on Saddleworth Moor in 1992 Credit: BBC
