Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England.

Moors murders

Serial child murders in and around Manchester, England, 1963–65

The Moors murders were a series of child killings committed by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley in and around Manchester, England, between July 1963 and October 1965. The five victims—Pauline Reade, John Kilbride, Keith Bennett, Lesley Ann Downey and Edward Evans—were aged between 10…

Life imprisonment in England and Wales

In England and Wales, life imprisonment is a sentence that lasts until the death of the prisoner, although in most cases the prisoner will be eligible for parole after a minimum term ("tariff") set by the judge. In exceptional cases a judge may impose a "whole life order",…