Brother of Ian Brady victim John Kilbride says he feels ‘numb’ after Moors Murderer dies aged 79
THE brother of Ian Brady victim John Kilbride last night said he felt “numb” when he heard the Moors Murderer had finally joined accomplice Myra Hindley in hell.
Terry Kilbride, 63, said: “It’s a lot to take in. It’s been years and years of anguish and pain for us and the families of the victims.
“But nothing will change. He’s dead but we will have to still live with the nightmare that he left behind.
“He’s ruined our lives all these years and he’ll still ruin it even though he’s gone. I feel numb.
“He was a murderous psychopath. There are no other words to describe what he was. A complete lunatic. Good riddance.”
“I don’t drink, but I’ll have a pint.”
Brady, 79, who died in high- security Ashworth Hospital, Merseyside, yesterday afternoon, murdered and tortured five children with Hindley between July 1963 and October 1965.
They killed second victim John, 12, after offering him a lift home from a market in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancs, and buried his body on Saddleworth Moor.
Terry said his and John’s parents Patrick and Sheila never recovered from the grief of losing their eldest son.
He added: “They lived in hell and they died broken hearted.
“I was just going on nine when John went missing and was 12 when his body was found. All the singing in the house stopped. Mum had always been singing.
“Dad turned to booze, that’s how he coped. Sometimes he’d break down and start crying.
“I’ve always thought about my brother and what he’d be like today. He’d be coming to Old Trafford with me and we’d be going fishing.
“He was a bright lad and I know he’d have made something of himself.”
Brady, who was locked up for 51 years, took to his grave the secret of where he buried third victim Keith Bennett, 12.
Despite repeated pleas from Keith’s mother Winnie, Brady refused to say what he did with the body.
Terry said: “Winnie will be turning in her grave knowing the brute died without revealing where Keith was.
“He’s not left anything about Keith, it breaks my heart.
“What a bastard. We’re going to be taunted by a dead man from beyond the grave.
“At least now he’s dead it’ll save taxpayers cash.”
Brady was declared dead at 6:03pm yesterday — just hours after The Sun revealed he was receiving end of life care.
He died in a ward at Ashworth Hospital where he was sent in 1985 after being diagnosed as a psychopath.
Glasgow-born Brady had been suffering severe ill health for at least the past two months and was getting round-the-clock care from specialist nurses.
The heavy smoker had a severe lung and chest condition and may have had lung cancer.
A source said: “Staff have been on standby for Brady to die several times before, but it’s finally happened.
“The nurses treated him as a patient rather than a child killer and he was allowed to die with dignity — something he failed to offer to his poor victims.”
Brady and Myra Hindley’s other victims were Pauline Reade, 16, Lesley Ann Downey, ten, and Edward Evans, 17.
They were initially jailed for three of the murders in 1966 and later confessed to the other two.
Every patient at Ashworth costs the taxpayer an estimated £150,000 a year. Caring for Brady cost at least £4.8million.
He had previously claimed he was not insane because he wanted to be moved to a prison in Scotland where he could legally starve himself to death.
But he lost a mental health tribunal ruling and was returned to Ashworth.
He spent at least 14 years on hunger strike — but in 2013 a nurse who cared for him revealed he often had packets of soup and ate toast for breakfast most days.
The Moors murderers were caught after police found Edward’s body wrapped in plastic sheeting at Brady’s home in Hattersley, Greater Manchester.
A search revealed a left luggage ticket for two suitcases at Manchester Central Station.
Inside one, police found vile pictures of Lesley Ann along with tape recordings of her pleading for her life.
A series of snapshots showing random sections of Saddleworth Moor were also discovered and an exercise book with John Kilbride’s name scribbled in it.
A search of the moor involving 150 officers was launched. They found the remains of Lesley Ann and John.
During Brady and Hindley’s trial, the harrowing 16-minute tape of Lesley Ann’s final moments was played to the court.
Mr Justice Atkinson described Brady and Hindley as “two sadistic killers of the utmost depravity”.
He said Brady was “wicked beyond belief”.
After his transfer to Ashworth Hospital Brady confessed to the murders of Pauline Reade and Keith Bennett.
Following 100 days of searching on Saddleworth Moore, Pauline’s remains were found in June 1987.