Winnie Johnson funeral
The funeral of Winnie Johnson, mother of Moors murder victim Keith Bennett has taking place in Manchester. The 78-year-old died earlier this month without fulfilling her wish to be able to bury her son, who was killed in 1964.
Mother of Moors murder victim Keith Bennett to be buried
The funeral of Winnie Johnson, the mother of Keith Bennett, murdered by Ian Brady, will take place in Manchester today.
78-year-old Winnie had been suffering from cancer for a number of years and passed away peacefully, but without fulfilling her final wish - to find the body of her son and give him a Christian funeral and burial.
Winnie has always maintained that Ian Brady remembers where the body was hidden and appealed to him directly to reveal the location before she died. ITV News reporter Sally Biddulph reports on the mother who never gave up her fight for her son.
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