Website Withdraws Myra Hindley T-Shirts And Totes After Backlash
A website has been forced to remove merchandise bearing the face of Moors murderer Myra Hindley after it was branded “upsetting and disgusting”.
Los Angeles-based society6 faced a backlash after totes, T-shirts and iPhone cases featuring a sketch of the notorious killer appeared online.
Hindley, along with Ian Brady, murdered five children in the Greater Manchester area between 1963 and 1965.
The children — Pauline Reade, John Kilbride, Keith Bennett, Lesley Ann Downey and Edward Evans – were aged between 10 and 17.
The killings became known as the Moor Murders after victims were found on the Saddleworth Moor.
South African fashion designer and artist Paul Nelson-Esch is behind the products, which now have been quietly removed from the site.
The products have now disappeared from the website (Society6)
According to the Manchester Evening News, Nelson-Esch has also withdrawn from social media.
The artist’s other works features faces of celebrities such as Woody Allen and Morrissey.
There was an immediate backlash after the products appeared online.
On Twitter, @JenniferJRobert wrote: “DISGUSTING! @society6 that’s NOT Art it is a pure EVIL & an insult to the people of the #UK”
@kateydoodles wrote: “I find it upsetting and disturbing that @society6 (who I normally love) are selling Myra Hindley merchandise.”
Mum-of-one Amelia Barker told the Manchester Evening New: “It’s disgusting. I hope none of the family members of her victims see it.
“I’m originally from Hattersley and my great Nanna knew Myra’s mum.
“It’s still raw for the people who live there – that something so terrible happened on their doorstep.”
Hindley died in 2002 in prison, aged 60.
Mugshots of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley
