Muriel McKay killer says he will show where body is buried

A man jailed for the killing of Muriel McKay has told the BBC he is willing to come back to England and show her family where her body was buried.

Mrs McKay, 55, was abducted from her home in 1969 and held to ransom for £1m at a farm in Hertfordshire.

She had been mistaken for the wife of media mogul Rupert Murdoch.

Nizamodeen Hosein who was convicted of her kidnap and murder with his brother, Arthur, said he now wanted "to bring closure" for Mrs McKay's family.

Hosein was deported to Trinidad and Tobago after serving his sentence, while Arthur died in prison in 2009.

Representatives from the Metropolitan Police have been on the Caribbean island this week to speak with Hosein, who said officers previously dug for Mrs McKay's body in the wrong place.

They had undertaken vast searches of Rooks Farm - now known as Stocking Farm - near Bishop's Stortford in 2022 but nothing was found.

Hosein told the BBC he was "willing" to come to England to show the police the spot where he claims to have buried Mrs McKay, but said he had not yet formally been asked.

"I'm willing to give a resting place to the family, peace of mind - as you would say - to the family," he said.

"I lost the best part of my life - I'm no longer a teenager, I'm an old so and so. It is soul destroying."

Mrs McKay was the wife of Alick McKay, Mr Murdoch's deputy. The Australian couple had moved to Wimbledon, south London, in 1956.

She had three adult children and four grandchildren.

Her kidnappers mistook her for Mr Murdoch's wife at the time, Anna, in a bungled attempt to extort £1m on 29 December 1969.

Mr Murdoch had loaned the McKays his Rolls Royce, which led to the case of mistaken identity.

Mrs McKay's grandson, Mark Randolph Dyer, 59, and his mother, Dianne McKay, 83, went to meet Hosein in January and described the meeting as "difficult" but also "a great success".

They said Hosein admitted kidnapping Mrs McKay but claimed she died of a heart attack after seeing a TV appeal from her family.

They were also told in specific detail which part of the farm her body was buried.

Det Supt Katherine Goodwin has said police had "reviewed and assessed" information gathered by the family of Mrs McKay to "determine the next steps in our investigation, which includes whether a further search is appropriate".

"We remain in contact with the family and will keep them updated," she added.

Mr Dyer said the police told him Hosein was "unable to provide a location [of where the body was buried] with any consistency".

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