A convicted murderer is promising to return to Britain in order to escort the daughter of his victim to the place where he buried her mother’s body 54 years ago.
In 1969, Nizamodeen Hosein, then 22, and his older brother Arthur kidnapped Muriel McKay, the wife of a newspaper executive, and demanded a £1million ransom.
Despite both brothers being captured and sentenced to life in prison for the murder, Ms McKay, 55, vanished and her body was never found.
The kidnappers had misidentified Ms McKay as Anna Murdoch, the then-wife of wealthy Australian publishing magnate Rupert Murdoch.
Ms McKay’s Australian husband, Alick, acted as Ms Murdoch’s deputy.
Hosein, now 75 and living freely in his native Trinidad, has formed an extraordinary bond with Ms McKay’s family, with the goal of making one more effort to locate her remains, reports Sky News.
In a letter to the Home Office, he asked for the revocation of a deportation order that prevents him from returning to the UK.
In 2009, his older brother Arthur died in prison.
Hosein wrote: “I admit my involvement in the kidnap and death of Muriel McKay, and I have been attempting to assist her daughter Dianne in locating her body.
“I believe I am the only living person who knows where Muriel’s body is and would like her body to be found before I myself die.”
Hosein now claims that Ms McKay died of a heart attack at the isolated Hertfordshire home where the brothers had imprisoned her after years of suppressing information.
Sky News reports that Hosein insists that, in a panic, he hastily buried her remains beneath a dung heap behind the farmhouse at Stocking Pelham.
Scotland Yard detectives investigated a small portion of a field near the house last year but found no evidence.
In a statement, the Home Office said: “We express sympathies with Muriel McKay’s loved ones. Whilst we do not comment on individual cases, we work with the police on any requests pertaining to ongoing investigations.”
Scotland Yard is in contact with the McKays and has held discussions with Hosein.
Detectives are reportedly considering obtaining a search warrant for a fresh dig at the farm, though they are unsure of its success at this point, according to Sky News.
