Article: Brady's 'Myra timebomb'; Hunger-striking Moors Murderer Ian Brady is planning a revenge from beyond the grave. On his death, secret coded letters will be released and, Brady hopes, reveal Myra Hindley's true evil - finally extinguishing her hopes of freedom.

Byline: STEVE BOGGAN

THIS morning, Ian Brady will have risen as usual at 5am and contemplated his death. For three years, he has been refusing to eat as a protest against what he considers to be his inhumane treatment inside one of Britain's most feared prison hospitals.

He knows nobody has sympathy for him but he doesn't care. The only thing he cares about is dying - a wish so passionate that he has been refusing to eat for longer than any other hunger striker in penal history.

I know about this passion because he has told me many times during a strange four-year correspondence, an exchange of letters that began as another unusual relationship ...

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