Steve Diggle has revealed he had a run-in with notorious Moors Murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley when he was a child. Their first victim was Pauline Reade, who was murdered by Brady and Hindley when she was just 16 years old, in 1963. She had picked up by Hindley and taken to the moor where she was sexually assaulted and strangled by Brady. Hindley and Brady then lured schoolboy, 12-year-old John Kibride, from a market in Ashton-Under-Lyne in 1963. With the three taking yet another detour to windswept Saddleworth Moor, Brady later told Hindley he sexually assaulted and strangled the boy.

Source: Daily Mail February 04, 2026 21:13 UTC