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The brother of Moors Murders victim Keith Bennett has spoken of his 'anger and pain' in an increasingly bitter row with an author who sparked a new police dig for the child's remains.

A week-long search for Moors Murders victim Keith Bennett was "not a waste of time" - despite it ending without any remains being found - a senior police officer has claimed.

Moors Murderers, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, are known to have killed five people in what is now Greater Manchester between July 1963 and October 1965.The news comes as police are digging on Saddlewoorth Moor for murder victim Keith Bennett after remains were found.READ MORE: Boy born with two faces due to 'Sonic the Hedgehog' gene defies odds and survivesThe possible remains were discovered by Russell Edwards, an author looking into the infamous killings that rocked the United Kingdom.Edwards has hypothesised that the Nazi-obsessed killer, who ­strangled his victims with string and buried them on Saddleworth Moor, could have been trying to create a Swastika with the burial sites.Greater Manchester Police have released an official statement detailing the situation but were quick to stress that nothing has been confirmed.As it stands, there is no confirmed connection between the find and the Moors Murderers and it was “ far too early to be certain whether human remains have been discovered”.However, the Mail reported that three independent experts have now identified remains at the site as being human, and probably 11 or 12-years-old according to dental analysis.

It could be one of the most significant breakthroughs to finding the body of the final Moors Murder victim, Keith Bennett.