There was something uniquely evil about Brady and Hindley, that entered the in the psyche of the British people in that era (the 60's). To me it was reading the news reports of Detectives openly crying in court, as the last moments of 10 year old Leslie Ann Downey's life were played out on audio tape. Brady's controlling nature over Hindley, and later over the families of the victims, who wanted to find the remains of their loved ones, so as to give them a proper funeral, just re-inforced the evil in him.
Ironically Brady is the reason that I would never support the re-introduction of the death penalty. He had wanted to die for a long time. He refused food and was force fed for many years. He could not control his own final destiny, as he had controlled so many other aspects of his perverted past. It must have been absolute torture for him not to be able to be in control of that last part of his life, a part where he wanted to choose to die on his own terms. I am glad he was denied that choice. I am glad his last years were a personal hell for him. It was the least that could have happened to him. I don't believe in an after life so his suffering, unlike the family of Keith Bennett, has ended. I'm just glad that he did suffer at the end.
