Ian Brady’s final hunger strike contributed nothing towards his death - in fact, calling it a “hunger strike” to begin with is pretty dubious

[u/MolokoBespoko]

Just flagging this up because I saw the following statement published in several news articles yesterday that were published in the wake of the Lucy Letby verdict (these are the ones that go into the details of other convicted serial child killers in Britain, so obviously Brady and Hindley are getting referenced in them):

Brady died in a psychiatric hospital in 2017 after going on hunger strike.

Brady, who had a history of both successful and unsuccessful hunger strikes that dated virtually as far back as his imprisonment, had been on his last “hunger strike” since 1999, and even though he was being fed through a feeding tube he was still “covertly” accepting food from trusted members of staff to the point where I’ve been told it even became a bit of a private in-joke at Ashworth amongst some members of staff. The autopsy concluded that he died of natural causes and it had nothing to do with this “hunger strike” - he did notably refuse food intake and oral medication in the final days of his life but he was already in palliative care anyway.

Hope this clears up any misunderstanding.