Killer refuses to tell police where he buried victim's body 55 years ago

11 March 2024 , 21:27

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Dianne McKay met Nizamodeen Hosein in his native Trinidad (Image: Sky News)

A murderer has failed to give detectives reliable information about where he buried his victim 55 years ago, police have said.

Muriel McKay was kidnapped in 1969 and held at a run-down farm for a £1million ransom after being mistaken for the then wife of media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Brothers Nizamodeen and Arthur Hosein were jailed for her murder.

Arthur died in prison in 2009, while Nizamodeen was deported to his native Trinidad after his release. They denied killing her and refused to say where she was buried.

Muriel Frieda Mckay was killed 55 years ago (PA)

Mrs McKay’s family said they are disappointed with Scotland Yard after Det Supt Katherine Goodwin spent three days interviewing Nizamodeen in the Caribbean last week. She texted the family to say: “He was unable to provide a location with any consistency, which is not what you or we wanted to find.” Questions remain over 76-year-old Hosein’s reliability as a witness.

He claims the 55-year-old died of a heart attack after seeing a TV appeal by her family. At the time it was suspected she had been fed to pigs on the brothers’ farm. In a meeting last month, Hosein told Mrs McKay’s daughter, Dianne McKay, that he had buried her on the farm in Stocking Pelham, Herts.

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He pointed to a picture of the farm and said: “Go through the kitchen door, come through the open land, turn left and it’s two feet from the hedge, by the old manure heap.” The Met said today it will give the family with a full update when it has assessed Hosein’s account. It has had a complaint from the family in relation to a male officer on the case.

DS Goodwin said: “We understand how frustrating and difficult this is for Muriel’s family and are still working to recover her remains.”

Tom Pettifor