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| Spotlight turns on Ian Brady's mental health advocate | Spotlight turns on Ian Brady's mental health advocate |
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| The woman arrested by Greater Manchester police in connection with the Ian Brady inquiry has been the serial killer's mental health advocate for 13 years. | The woman arrested by Greater Manchester police in connection with the Ian Brady inquiry has been the serial killer's mental health advocate for 13 years. |
| Jackie Powell, 49, from south Wales, was appointed in 1999 under the Mental Health Act. Advocates are independent and from a variety of backgrounds. Sometimes they have formal qualifications – if they are a mental health nurse or social worker, for example. Often, they have relevant life skills, such as past experience dealing with mental health-related issue. It is not clear what background Powell has. | Jackie Powell, 49, from south Wales, was appointed in 1999 under the Mental Health Act. Advocates are independent and from a variety of backgrounds. Sometimes they have formal qualifications – if they are a mental health nurse or social worker, for example. Often, they have relevant life skills, such as past experience dealing with mental health-related issue. It is not clear what background Powell has. |
| Advocates will need to have a detailed understanding of the Mental Health Act and Code of Practice. | Advocates will need to have a detailed understanding of the Mental Health Act and Code of Practice. |
| She was arrested on Thursday at an address in south Wales after an investigation by Greater Manchester police's cold-case review team on suspicion of preventing a lawful burial. Powell has since been released on bail for three months without charge. | She was arrested on Thursday at an address in south Wales after an investigation by Greater Manchester police's cold-case review team on suspicion of preventing a lawful burial. Powell has since been released on bail for three months without charge. |
| Her arrest was prompted by the police receiving information on 30 July from documentary-makers who had interviewed her as part of a programme about Brady that will be aired on Channel 4 on Monday night. | Her arrest was prompted by the police receiving information on 30 July from documentary-makers who had interviewed her as part of a programme about Brady that will be aired on Channel 4 on Monday night. |
| The intelligence "led officers to believe that Ian Brady has recently given details of the location of Keith Bennett's body to one of his long-time visitors", a police spokesman said. | The intelligence "led officers to believe that Ian Brady has recently given details of the location of Keith Bennett's body to one of his long-time visitors", a police spokesman said. |
| Speaking to Sky News on Friday, Powell said her words had been "blown out of all proportion" and would not confirm if such a document existed. | Speaking to Sky News on Friday, Powell said her words had been "blown out of all proportion" and would not confirm if such a document existed. |
| Officers said documents had been seized from the house and there was no evidence to suggest the burial site of Keith Bennett's body had been revealed. A woman arrested on suspicion of preventing the burial of a body without lawful excuse had been bailed pending further inquiries, they added. Documents seized from the address are being examined. | |
| The documentary-makers released a transcript of their interview with Powell in which she says: "I received a letter and a sealed envelope which said on the front of it, to be opened in the event of my [Brady's] death. He says that he doesn't wish to take secrets to his grave and that within the sealed envelope is a letter to Winnie Johnson, and that within that is the means to her possibly being able to rest. And that's paraphrase, that's not verbatim." | The documentary-makers released a transcript of their interview with Powell in which she says: "I received a letter and a sealed envelope which said on the front of it, to be opened in the event of my [Brady's] death. He says that he doesn't wish to take secrets to his grave and that within the sealed envelope is a letter to Winnie Johnson, and that within that is the means to her possibly being able to rest. And that's paraphrase, that's not verbatim." |
| Asked what Brady means by that, she replies: "Well, clearly there's something within the letter that may be able to find her son, I would suggest." | Asked what Brady means by that, she replies: "Well, clearly there's something within the letter that may be able to find her son, I would suggest." |