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MURIEL MCKAY MURDER

Muriel McKay’s kidnap killer reveals burial place after 51 years

Muriel McKay was taken to a farm in Hertfordshire where one of her kidnappers says she was buried
Muriel McKay was taken to a farm in Hertfordshire where one of her kidnappers says she was buried
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The man convicted of one of Britain’s most notorious murders has confessed where the victim is buried 51 years after her death.

Police are facing pressure from the family of Muriel McKay to excavate the site and recover her remains after the confession by Nizamodeen Hosein, 75, to her family.

Mrs McKay, 55, was the victim of a bungled kidnapping by Nizamodeen and his older brother Arthur in 1969 after they mistook her for the wife of Rupert Murdoch.

This month Nizamodeen Hosein told a barrister representing Mrs McKay’s family the location of her burial and claimed that she died from a heart attack two days into the 40-day ransom attempt.

In 1970 the brothers, who had demanded £1 million for her return, denied killing

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