Moors Murderer Ian Brady spoke publicly for the first time in 47 years as he appeared before a mental health tribunal at Ashworth Hospital.

In a plain suit and tie, and sitting on one side of a u-shaped table alongside his lawyers, the scene resembled a dull mid-year office sales presentation.

But what marked this out as something very different were the dark glasses Brady never removed, the feeding tube dangling from his nose - and the day-long sparring with the panel which will almost certainly decide how he will live his final years.

The last time Brady, now 75, had been heard in public was in 1966 at Chester Assizes, during his murder trial..