The Moors murderers are the most infamous killers in British criminal history. Their extraordinary notoriety began with their very first court appearances in the mid-1960s fuelled by a mix of public fascination and outrage. Moors Murders III: The Trial
Observers were struck by Brady and Hindley’s attitude in court. ibid.
The jury took two hours to deliberate. On 6th May 1966 Ian Brady was found guilty of all three murders. Myra Hindley of two. ibid.
Brady and Hindley were the first British serial killers to escape hanging. Just four weeks before, parliament had abolished the death penalty. ibid.
For the next six years they wrote to each other. ibid.
When news of Myra Hindley’s walks on Hampstead Heath surfaced in the press there was a huge public outcry. ibid.
A spot of disturbed earth: the body of 12-year-old John Kilbride lay in a shallow grave under her leather boots. True Crime Recaps: Nightmare in the Moors: Ian Brady & Myra Hindley Case, Youtube 12.07, 2022
Myra was a willing participant in his sexual fantasies. ibid.
He wanted to commit the ultimate crime and Myra was his perfect partner for the task. They began to drive around Manchester, England, looking for victims. ibid.
They wanted a third person to join them in their murders. ibid.
BRAEMAR HILL murders: The Braemar Hill Murders TV - Rachel M Read online -
On a warm April Saturday in 1985 teenage sweethearts Nicola Myers and Kenneth McBride went walking in an isolated area of a Hong Kong country park. Braemar Hill was a quiet refuge. The Braemar Hill Murders, Crime Channel 2012
When the killers were finally arrested they would turn out to be as young as their victims. ibid.
They had been beaten, tortured and murdered ... She had been raped. ibid.
Five suspects were arrested for the brutal killers. All five would face trial for murder. ibid.
None had committed a serious crime before. ibid.
Even now, the Braemar Hill double-murder provokes sadness and horror over twenty years after it happened, not just for the brutality shown to its teenage victims but also for the fact that this continues to be one of the only murder cases to involve the expat community in HK.
This was back in the old days, when colonial Hong Kong was still very much in its pomp. Kenneth McBride, 17, and his 18-year-old girlfriend Nicola Myers failed to return home after an al fresco revision session on Braemar Hill one April afternoon in 1985. The next morning, an unfortunate hiker made the grisly discovery of their badly-beaten bodies. Rachel M Read online
BRAVO, PEDRO: Signs of a Psychopath TV -
Officers from six South Florida police forces are on a volunteer mission to bring Christian Aguilar back to his family. Sign of a Psychopath s2e4: Diary of a Psychopath
September 21st 2012, Gainesville, Florida: I wanted to hurt him, like really hurt him. ibid. Pedro to rozzer
In August 2014 Pedro Bravo is convicted of Christian Aguilar’s murder. He’s sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. ibid.