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'''Myra Hindley''' (1942-2002) was notorious as one of the [[Moors Murderers]]; with her partner and accomplice Ian Brady she was guilty of the kidnap, sexual abuse and murder of several children and teenagers in the early 1960s.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/452614.stm</ref> The crimes took place in the small towns east of [[Manchester]], north-west [[England]]; most of the bodies were buried on nearby Saddleworth Moor; at least one has not been recovered.

'''Myra Hindley''' (1942-2002) was notorious as one of the [[Moors Murderers]]; with her partner and accomplice Ian Brady she was guilty of the kidnap, sexual abuse and murder of several children and teenagers in the early 1960s.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/452614.stm</ref> The crimes took place in the small towns east of [[Manchester]], north-west [[England]]; most of the bodies were buried on nearby Saddleworth Moor; at least one has not been recovered.

At their trial of Hindley and Brady in 1966 Hindley was found guilty of the murders of a 10 year old girl and a 17 year old youth, and of being accessory to the murder of a twelve year old boy. Brady was found guilty of all three murders; both were sentenced to life imprisonment. The trial was played a tape recording made by the couple of the abuse and murder of the ten-year old Lesley Ann Downey.

At their trial of Hindley and Brady in 1966 Hindley was found guilty of the murders of a 10-year-old girl and a 17 year old youth, and of being accessory to the murder of a twelve-year-old boy. Brady was found guilty of all three murders; both were sentenced to life imprisonment. The trial was played a tape recording made by the couple of the abuse and murder of the ten-year old Lesley Ann Downey.

in 1987 the couple confessed to two further killings: of a 16 year old girl and a 10 year old boy.

in 1987 the couple confessed to two further killings: of a 16-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy.

Hindley claimed to have repented of her crimes and to have reformed, blamed Brady for instigating the crimes, and conducted a well-publicised campaign for her release from prison, in which she was encouraged and supported by [[Lord Longford]], bringing further pain to the families of her victims. However, [[Home Secretary]] Jack Straw ruled that the should serve a whole life sentence; this decision was upheld by appeal court and [[House of Lords]] judgements. Hindley was still a prisoner at the time of her death from a chest infection.

Hindley claimed to have repented of her crimes and to have reformed, blamed Brady for instigating the crimes, and conducted a well-publicised campaign for her release from prison, in which she was encouraged and supported by [[Lord Longford]], bringing further pain to the families of her victims. However, [[Home Secretary]] Jack Straw ruled that the should serve a whole life sentence; this decision was upheld by appeal court and [[House of Lords]] judgements. Hindley was still a prisoner at the time of her death from a chest infection.