Myra Hindley

Hindley died aged 60 at West Suffolk Hospital while still in custody, after approximately thirty-six years' imprisonment. The Prison Service reported respiratory failure.

State of the evidence

Confirmed

Michael Howard formally imposed a whole-life tariff in 1997. Hindley challenged this decision and the ministerial policy on releasing life prisoners; the House of Lords dismissed her appeal in 2000.

The minimum term initially set at 25 years was increased to 30 years in 1985, then converted into a whole-life tariff in 1990. Hindley was only informed of certain changes subsequently.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Directly implicated

Hindley was convicted of the murder of Lesley Ann Downey, whose abduction, abuse and death had been documented, notably by recordings used at trial.

State of the evidence

Established by a court

Attribution

Personally implicated

Hindley was convicted of the murder of Edward Evans, the last murder in the series, after David Smith alerted police following what he had witnessed at Brady and Hindley's home.

State of the evidence

Established by a court

Attribution

Personally implicated

The jury acquitted Hindley of John Kilbride's murder but found her guilty of being an accessory after the murder. She received a concurrent seven-year sentence on that count.

Attribution

Personally implicated

At the conclusion of the Moors murders trial, Hindley was sentenced to life imprisonment for the two murders of which she had been convicted.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Personally implicated

Hindley participated with Ian Brady in a series of five abductions and murders of young victims — Pauline Reade, John Kilbride, Keith Bennett, Lesley Ann Downey and Edward Evans — several of whose bodies were buried on Saddleworth Moor.

Attribution

Personally implicated