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Moors Murderer Hindley cremated
CAMBRIDGE, England -- The body of Moors Murderer Myra Hindley has been cremated in a private ceremony and amid tight security. Only 10 people, including the priest, attended the service at a crematorium in Cambridge, eastern England on Wednesday. Hindley, who died last Friday aged 60, spent 36 years behind bars for her part in the murders of five youngsters in the 1960s. The crimes, carried out with her lover Ian Brady, shocked Britain and Hindley continued to be a hate figure throughout her life. Police and local officials had warned people not to try to attend or disrupt the service as it was not open to the public, however one woman was allowed to leave a banner near the crematorium reading "Burn in Hell," Reuters reported. About 25 police officers were on duty at the crematorium to ensure that the service went ahead without disruption and the building was searched before the it began, the UK's Press Association reported. Hindley's body, in a wooden coffin, was taken from West Suffolk hospital, in nearby Bury St Edmunds, to the crematorium in a hearse escorted by two unmarked police cars. Peter Timms, Hindley's counsellor, said it was now a matter between her and God, and wished her peace. "One hopes that she can now rest in every sense of the word," Timms, a Methodist Minister to whom Hindley confessed some murders, told Reuters. Hindley, a chain-smoker, experienced ill-health for much of her time behind bars, suffering from angina, osteoporosis, respiratory problems and suspected strokes. The private service began at 7.30 p.m. with only a handful of guests. Hindley's solicitor and executor of her will, Michael McCooey, who was at the service, said Hindley had wanted a mass to be offered at her funeral, and Albinoni's Adagio to be played. The service was conducted by Father Michael Teader, the Roman Catholic priest at Highpoint Prison, Suffolk, where Hindley spent her final years in jail. The cremated remains are to be returned to Hindley's family via the Prison Service. The Prison Service said that the standard £340 ($530) cost of the service would be met by Hindley's estate as she had made her own funeral arrangements. An inquest into her death was opened and adjourned on Monday at Highpoint Prison, Suffolk, where she was serving a life sentence. It heard that Hindley died from bronchial pneumonia caused by high blood pressure and damage to her coronary arteries. Hindley and Brady, now 64, were jailed for life at Chester Assizes in 1966 for the murders of 10-year-old Lesley Ann Downey and Edward Evans, 17. Brady was also convicted of murdering 12-year-old John Kilbride while Hindley was found to have been an accessory to that killing. In 1987 the pair confessed to killing 12-year-old Keith Bennett -- whose body has never been found -- and Pauline Reade, 16. Hindley led police to Reade's body on Saddleworth Moor near Manchester. Bennett's body was never found.
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