Hindley portrait back on display

London - The controversial portrait of Myra Hindley has gone back on display at the Royal Academy in London, less than three …

London - The controversial portrait of Myra Hindley has gone back on display at the Royal Academy in London, less than three weeks after it had to be taken down after being pelted with ink and eggs.

The picture, formed of children's handprints and based on a 1960s photograph of the Moors Murderer, aroused angry protests, including pleas for it to be taken down by the mother of one of Hindley's victims.

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