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Moors murderer had revealed the whereabouts of his victim’s body to his legal advocate police suspect (17 August 2012)

Date: 17/08/2012
Duncan Lewis, Legal News Solicitors, Moors murderer had revealed the whereabouts of his victim’s body to his legal advocate police suspect

Moors murderer Ian Brady’s legal advocate has been arrested for not revealing the information about where one of Brady’s victims was buried according to sources. Jackie Powell was detained in south Wales on suspicion of preventing the burial of a body without lawful exercise.
Jackie Powell, was appointed Brady's legal advocate under the Mental Health Act in 1999. She told a Channel 4 documentary that Brady had given her sealed envelope to pass on to Winnie Johnson, the mother of his 12-year-old victim Keith Bennett, in the event of Brady's death.
Greater Manchester police said in a statement that Brady had finally disclosed details of the location of the body to one of his "long-term visitors" at Ashworth high-security hospital, where he was being detained.
The police had not named the suspect who was arrested but said that it was a 49 year old woman in south Wales who was detained in police custody for questioning.
Warrants were obtained under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act were executed at Ashworth Hospital and a private address in South Wales.
However, sources said detectives were examining documents seized from Powell's home but as of yet there was no evidence to suggest Brady had disclosed the location of Keith Bennett's body.
Powell has since been released on bail pending further inquiries, the source added.
While Brady did reveal where some of his victims were buried, he has always refused to disclose any details about the location of the Keith's body, despite pleas from his family.
His refusal has caused constant heartache for Keith's mother, Winnie Johnson, who has cancer and recently appealed for Brady to break his silence before she died.
Now Jackie Powell has revealed that Brady gave her a sealed envelope to pass on to Johnson in the event of his death.
She told the Daily Mirror that she received a letter and a sealed envelope which said on the front 'to be opened in the event of my death'.
Brady and his partner, Myra Hindley, who died in jail in 2002 aged 60, were responsible for the murders of five youngsters in the 1960s.
They lured the children and teenagers to their deaths, with victims sexually tortured before being buried on Saddleworth Moor above Manchester.
In an interview for the programme, Powell said she received a letter of instruction and a sealed envelope from Brady via his solicitors.
Powell, who has professional obligations in her capacity as executor and her role as Brady's Mental Health Advocate, told the documentary she has not opened the sealed envelope, she cannot be certain of its contents.

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