Editing Moors murders (section)

===Ian Brady===
'''Ian Brady''' was born in the [[Gorbals]] area of [[Glasgow]] as '''Ian Duncan Stewart''' on 2 January 1938 to Margaret "Peggy" Stewart, an unmarried [[tea room]] waitress.{{sfnp|Keightley|2017|p=24}} The identity of Brady's father has never been reliably ascertained, although his mother said he was a reporter working for a Glasgow newspaper who died three months before Brady was born. Stewart had little support and after a few months was forced to give her son into the care of Mary and John Sloan, a local couple with four children of their own. Brady took their family name and became known as '''Ian Sloan'''. His mother continued to visit him throughout his childhood.{{sfnp|Ritchie|1988|pp=17–19|ps=none}} 

At age 9, Brady visited [[Loch Lomond]] with his family, where he reportedly discovered an affinity for the outdoors. A few months later the family moved to a new [[council house]] on an [[overspill estate]] at [[Pollok]]. Various authors have stated that Brady [[zoosadism|tortured animals]]. It was reported, for example, that Brady boasted of killing his first cat when he was aged just 10, and then went on to burn another cat alive, stone dogs and cut off rabbits' heads.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/domestic-violence-animal-cruelty-abuse-neglect-murder-children-dogs-a9018071.html|title=Beware the cat killers: A revolution in tackling domestic violence has begun|date=2 August 2019|website=The Independent}}</ref> Brady, however, denied any accusations of animal abuse specifically.{{sfnp|Cowley|2011|p=28|ps=none}}

Brady's behaviour worsened when he attended [[Shawlands Academy]], a school for above-average pupils.{{sfnp|Ritchie|1988|pp=19–20|ps=none}} As a teenager he twice appeared before a [[juvenile court]] for housebreaking. Brady left the academy aged 15 and took a job as a tea boy at a [[Harland and Wolff]] shipyard in [[Govan]]. Nine months later, he began working as a butcher's messenger boy. Brady had a girlfriend, Evelyn Grant, but their relationship ended when he threatened her with a [[flick knife]] after she visited a dance with another boy. He again appeared before the court, this time with nine charges against him,{{sfnp|Ritchie|1988|pp=20–21|ps=none}} and shortly before his 17th birthday he was placed on [[probation]] on condition that he live with his mother.{{sfnp|Topping|1989|p=24|ps=none}} By then, Brady's mother had moved to [[Manchester]] and married an Irish fruit merchant named Patrick Brady; Patrick got Ian a job as a fruit porter at Smithfield Market, and Ian took Patrick's surname.{{sfnp|Staff|2007|p=122|ps=none}}

Within a year of moving to Manchester, Brady was caught with a sack full of [[Seal (emblem)#Modern tamper-proofing|lead seals]] he had stolen and was trying to smuggle out of the market. He was sent to [[Manchester (HM Prison)|Strangeways Prison]] for three months.{{sfnp|Cowley|2011|p=29|ps=none}} As he was still under age 18, Brady was sentenced to two years in a [[borstal]] for "training."{{sfnp|Staff|2007|pp=122–123|ps=none}} He was sent to [[Latchmere House]] in [[London]],{{sfnp|Cowley|2011|p=29|ps=none}} and then [[Hatfield, South Yorkshire|Hatfield]] borstal in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. After being discovered drunk on alcohol he had brewed, Brady was moved to the much tougher unit in [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]].{{sfnp|Topping|1989|p=249|ps=none}} Released on 14 November 1957, Brady returned to Manchester, where he took a labouring job which he hated, and was dismissed from another job in a brewery. Deciding to "better himself," he obtained a set of instruction manuals on bookkeeping from a local public library, with which he "astonished" his parents by studying alone in his room for hours.{{sfnp|Staff|2007|p=123|ps=none}}

In January 1959, Brady applied for, and was offered, a clerical job at Millwards Merchandising, a wholesale chemical distribution company based in [[Gorton]]. He was regarded by his colleagues as a quiet, punctual, but short-tempered young man. Brady read books, including ''[[Teach Yourself|Teach Yourself German]]'', ''[[Mein Kampf]]'', and books about [[Nazi atrocities]]. He was partly inspired by the life and works of French author [[Marquis de Sade]], whose name was the [[etymology|etymological]] inspiration for the term "sadism". He rode a [[Triumph Tiger Cub|Tiger Cub motorcycle]], which he used to visit the [[Pennines]].{{sfnp|Ritchie|1988|pp=23–25|ps=none}}