Editing Moors murders (section)

==Aftermath==
David Smith became "reviled by the people of Manchester"{{sfnp|Topping|1989|pp=64–65|ps=none}} for financially profiting from the murders.{{sfnp|Bingham|2016|p=241}} During the trial, Maureen—eight months pregnant—was attacked in the lift of the building in which she and Smith lived. Their home was vandalised, they regularly received hate mail, and Maureen wrote that she could not let her children out of her sight when they were small.{{sfnp|Ritchie|1988|p=232|ps=none}} After declining to prosecute the ''News of the World'', Attorney General [[Elwyn Jones, Baron Elwyn-Jones|Sir Elwyn Jones]] came under political pressure to impose new regulations on the press, but was reluctant to legislate on "[[chequebook journalism]]". Instead, he accepted the offer of the [[Press Council (UK)|Press Council]] to produce a "declaration of principle" which was published in November 1966 and included rules forbidding criminal witnesses being paid or interviewed—but the ''News of the World'' promptly rejected the declaration and the council had no power to enforce its provisions.{{sfnp|Bingham|2016|pp=239–241}}

After stabbing another man during a fight, in an attack he claimed was triggered by the abuse he had suffered since the trial, Smith was sentenced to three years in prison in 1969.{{sfnp|Topping|1989|pp=64–65|ps=none}} That same year his children were taken into the care of the local authority. Maureen moved from Underwood Court to a single-bedroom property, and found work in a department store. Subjected to [[whispering campaign]]s and petitions to remove her from the estate where she lived, Maureen received no support from her family—her mother had supported Myra during the trial. On his release from prison, Smith moved in with a 15-year-old girl who became his second wife and won custody of his three sons. Maureen managed to repair the relationship with her mother, and moved into a council property in Gorton. She divorced Smith in 1973,<ref>{{cite news|title=Decree for wife of Moors witness|url=http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/535/223/73522511w16/purl=rc1_TTDA_0_CS35879025&dyn=42!xrn_67_0_CS35879025&hst_1?sw_aep=mclib|newspaper=The Times|publisher=Times Digital Archive|date=17 March 1973|page=2|issue=58734|access-date=25 September 2009|url-access=subscription|mode=cs2}}</ref> and married a lorry driver, Bill Scott, with whom she had a daughter.{{sfnp|Ritchie|1988|pp=232–239|ps=none}}

Maureen and her immediate family made regular visits to see Hindley, who reportedly adored her niece. In 1980, Maureen suffered a [[brain haemorrhage]]; Hindley was allowed to visit her in hospital, but arrived an hour after her death.{{sfnp|Ritchie|1988|pp=238–240|ps=none}} Sheila and Patrick Kilbride, who were by then divorced,{{sfnp|Ritchie|1988|p=49|ps=none}} attended Maureen's funeral thinking that Hindley might be there; Patrick mistook Bill Scott's daughter from a previous relationship for Hindley and tried to attack her.{{sfnp|Ritchie|1988|p=240|ps=none}} Shortly before her death at the age of 70, Sheila said: "If she [Hindley] ever comes out of jail I'll kill her".<ref>{{cite news|last=Herbert|first=Ian|title=I have no compassion for her. I hope she goes to Hell. I wanted her to suffer like I have.|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/i-have-no-compassion-for-her-i-hope-she-goes-to-hell-i-wanted-her-to-suffer-like-i-have-133709.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=16 November 2002|access-date=29 September 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110130061209/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/i-have-no-compassion-for-her-i-hope-she-goes-to-hell-i-wanted-her-to-suffer-like-i-have-609095.html|archive-date=30 January 2011|mode=cs2}}</ref> It was a threat repeated by her son Danny.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lister|first=Sam|title=Family glad Hindley died behind bars|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/family-glad-hindley-died-behind-1183636|work=Manchester Evening News|date=20 November 2002|access-date=11 November 2011|mode=cs2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Why Myra must never be freed; Scots detective who arrested evil Hindley ends 30-year silence|work=Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail|date=29 October 1997|mode=cs2}}</ref>

In 1972, Smith was [[acquittal|acquitted]] of the murder of his father, who had been suffering from [[terminal cancer]]. He pleaded guilty to [[manslaughter]] and was sentenced to two days' detention.<ref>{{cite news|title=Moors case witness cleared|url=http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/535/223/73522511w16/purl=rc1_TTDA_0_CS34568040&dyn=42!xrn_66_0_CS34568040&hst_1?sw_aep=mclib|newspaper=The Times|date=8 November 1972|page=2|issue=58626|access-date=25 September 2009|url-access=subscription|mode=cs2}}</ref> He remarried and moved to [[Lincolnshire]] with his three sons,{{sfnp|Topping|1989|pp=64–65|ps=none}}{{sfnp|Ritchie|1988|p=249|ps=none}} and was exonerated of any participation in the Moors murders by Hindley's confession in 1987.<!-- not inline cited --> In 2011, he co-authored the book ''Witness'' with biographer [[Carol Ann Lee]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-13943004|title=Book by Moors Murder witness David Smith recalls horror|first=Naomi|last=Cornwell|date=28 June 2011 |access-date=6 June 2018|publisher=bbc.co.uk|mode=cs2}}</ref> Smith died from [[cancer]] in Ireland in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fallon|first=John|title=Man who helped jail Moors murderers dies of cancer|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/man-who-helped-jail-moors-murderers-dies-of-cancer-1.517203 |publisher=irishtimes.com |date=9 May 2012 |access-date=27 May 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720035547/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0509/1224315801299.html |archive-date=20 July 2012|mode=cs2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Obituaries – David Smith |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9368437/David-Smith.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9368437/David-Smith.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=30 June 2012 |access-date=28 December 2015 |mode=cs2}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Reade's mother was admitted to [[North Manchester General Hospital|Springfield Mental Hospital]] in Manchester. She was present, under heavy sedation, at the funeral of her daughter on 7 August 1987.{{sfnp|Ritchie|1988|p=45|ps=none}} Five years after their son was murdered, Sheila and Patrick Kilbride divorced.{{sfnp|Ritchie|1988|p=49|ps=none}} Downey's mother died in 1999 from [[liver cancer|cancer of the liver]]. Since her daughter's death, she had campaigned to ensure that Hindley remained in prison, and doctors said that the stress had contributed to the severity of her illness.<ref>{{cite news |title=Moors murder mother was "incredible" |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/276809.stm |work=BBC News |date=10 February 1999 |access-date=29 September 2009 |mode=cs2}}</ref> Bennett's mother continued to visit Saddleworth Moor, where it is believed that Bennett is buried.<ref>{{cite news |title=Moors Murder mother Winnie Johnson in DVD appeal to Brady |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-13187348 |work=BBC News |date=25 April 2011 |access-date=18 August 2012 |mode=cs2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Copping|first=Jasper|title=Winnie Johnson, mother of Moors Murders victim Keith Bennett, dies|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9484409/Winnie-Johnson-mother-of-Moors-Murders-victim-Keith-Bennett-dies.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9484409/Winnie-Johnson-mother-of-Moors-Murders-victim-Keith-Bennett-dies.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Telegraph|date=18 August 2012|access-date=18 August 2012|mode=cs2}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gould|first=Peter|title=What does Ian Brady know?|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8129131.stm|work=BBC News|date=1 July 2009|access-date=29 September 2009|mode=cs2}}</ref> She died in August 2012.<ref name="Winnie">{{cite news|title=Moors Murder victim Keith Bennett's mother dies|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-19305055|work=BBC News|date=18 August 2012|access-date=18 August 2012|mode=cs2}}</ref>

[[Manchester City Council]] decided in 1987 to demolish the house in which Brady and Hindley had lived on Wardle Brook Avenue, and where Downey and Evans were murdered, citing "excessive media interest [in the property] creating unpleasantness for residents".<ref>{{cite news |title= Hindley Link Goes |newspaper=The Times |publisher=Times Digital Archive | date=6 October 1987|page=2|issue=62892 |url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=mclib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=IF500044387&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 |access-date=11 August 2009 |url-access=subscription |mode=cs2}}</ref>

In November 2017 it was revealed that, without the knowledge of her family, some of the remains of Pauline Reade, including her jaw bone, had been kept at the [[University of Leeds]] by Greater Manchester Police. GMP apologised to the Reade family.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/03/police-kept-body-parts-of-moors-murders-victim-without-familys-knowledge |title=Police kept body parts of Moors murders victim without family's knowledge |first=Mattha |last= Busby |date=3 November 2017 |website=The Guardian |access-date=28 October 2021}}</ref> In October 2018 her remains were re-buried at her grave in Gorton Cemetery, Manchester.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-46017370 |title=Moors Murders: Pauline Reade's remains reburied |work=BBC News |date=29 October 2018 |access-date=28 October 2021}}</ref>

===Lasting notoriety ===
The photographs and tape recording of the torture of Downey exhibited in court, and the nonchalant responses of Brady and Hindley, helped to ensure their lasting notoriety. Brady, who said that he did not want to be released, was rarely mentioned in the news, but Hindley's insistent desire to be released made her a figure of public hate—especially as she failed to confess to involvement in the Reade and Bennett murders for twenty years.{{sfnp|Cummins|Foley|King|2019|pp=127–128}} Hindley's role in the crimes also violated gender norms: her betrayal of the maternal role fed public perceptions of her "inherent evil", and made her a "poster girl" for [[moral panic]]s about serial murder and [[paedophilia]] in subsequent decades.{{sfnp|Cummins|Foley|King|2019|pp=119–121, 127}} Her often reprinted photograph, taken shortly after she was arrested, is described by some commentators as similar to the mythical [[Medusa]] and, according to author Helen Birch, has become "synonymous with the idea of feminine evil".<ref name="GuardianObit">{{cite news |last=Stanford |first=Peter |title=Myra Hindley |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/nov/16/guardianobituaries.ukcrime |work=The Guardian |date=16 November 2002 |access-date=25 September 2009 |mode=cs2}}</ref>{{sfnp|Birch|1994|p=32|ps=none}} At the 1997 ''[[Sensation (art exhibition)|Sensation]]'' art exhibition, the painting ''[[Myra (painting)|Myra]]'' caused controversy, as it was a reproduction of Hindley's mugshot, shortly after she was arrested, composed of children's handprints.{{sfnp|Young|2005|pp=34–37}} Given Hindley's status as co-defendant in the first serial murder trial held since the abolition of the death penalty,{{sfnp|Birch|1994|p=43|ps=none}} retribution was a common theme among those who sought to keep her locked away. Even Hindley's mother insisted that she should die in prison, partly for fear for Hindley's safety. Some commentators expressed the view that of the two, Hindley was the "more evil".{{sfnp|Ritchie|1988|pp=281–90|ps=none}}

Lord Longford, a Catholic convert, campaigned to secure the release of "celebrated" criminals, and Hindley in particular, which earned him constant derision from the public and the press. He described Hindley as a "delightful" person and said "you could loathe what people did but should not loathe what they were because human personality was sacred even though human behaviour was very often appalling".<ref>{{cite news |title=Lord Longford: Aristocratic moral crusader |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/430115.stm |work=BBC News |date=3 August 2001 |access-date=12 June 2007 |mode=cs2}}</ref> Tabloid newspapers branded him a "loony" and a "do-gooder" for supporting Hindley, whom they described as evil. She became a long-running source of material for the press, which printed embellished tales of her "cushy" life at the "5-star" Cookham Wood Prison and her liaisons with prison staff and other inmates.{{sfnp|Birch|1994|pp=44–46|ps=none}}

The book ''The Loathsome Couple'' by [[Edward Gorey]] (Mead, 1977) was inspired by the Moors murders.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Seufert |first1=Christopher |title=Goreytelling Episode 5: The Loathsome Couple |url=https://www.topic.com/goreytelling/the-loathsome-couple |website=Topic |access-date=15 December 2019 |mode=cs2}}</ref> Manchester band [[The Smiths]]' song "[[Suffer Little Children]]", from their [[The Smiths (album)|1984 self-titled debut album]], was also inspired by the case. The case featured in two television dramas in 2006, ''[[See No Evil: The Moors Murders]]'' and ''[[Longford (film)|Longford]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/maxine-peake-life-best-roles-pictures/see-no-evil-moors-murders-2006 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/maxine-peake-life-best-roles-pictures/see-no-evil-moors-murders-2006 |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=From Myra Hindley to Three Girls: Maxine Peake's life and career |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |quote=ITV was preparing to make a film about the aftermath of the Moors Murders |mode=cs2|date=15 May 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/16/arts/television/16long.html |title=Longford – TV – Review |last=Stanley |first=Alessandra |date=16 February 2007 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=17 June 2017 |mode=cs2}}</ref>