On Friday 28th June 2013 Ian Brady failed in his bid to be transferred from Ashworth high security psychiatric hospital to prison. Brady, was jailed for life in 1966 for the murder of three children and found responsible for the deaths of a number of others. He argued in a week long tribunal that he should not be held in a psychiatric unit because he was not mentally ill. He claimed instead that he had severe personality disorders. Brady wanted to go to prison where he would be allowed to die by refusing to eat. At Ashworth, where Brady was detained under the Mental Health Act, he was fed through a tube since his hunger strike began in 1999. Brady was transferred to Ashworth when he was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic in 1985. He subsequently claimed that he deliberately faked symptoms of mental illness to get a transfer but the tribunal concluded that:- "Mr Ian Stewart Brady continues to suffer from a mental disorder which is of a nature and degree which makes it appropriate for him to continue to receive medical treatment, and that it is necessary for his health and safety and for the protection of other persons that he should receive such treatment in hospital, and that appropriate medical treatment is available for him." …show more content…
Sufferers are not generally violent but can become very scared and upset during episodes. Symptoms include intermittent psychosis, experiencing hallucinations and having unusual beliefs (delusions). Other symptoms such as lack of motivation and becoming withdrawn, are generally more long-term. Both genetic and environmental causes are thought to be responsible. Both prosecution and defence agreed that Brady had narcissistic, paranoid and antisocial personality disorder, but his defence team claimed he no longer shows signs of being schizophrenic or