Two of the children of murder victim Muriel McKay have lost their bid for permission to radar scan the back garden of the property where her remains are believed to be buried.

Mrs McKay , the wife of newspaper executive Alick McKay, was kidnapped for a £1m ransom in 1969.

But it was a case of mistaken identity, as her killers had intended to seize and ransom Anna Murdoch, the wife of Alick's then boss, Rupert Murdoch.

Image: A view of the shared back garden of the two neighbouring properties in Bethnal Green Road. Pic: PA

Two brothers, Arthur and Nizamodeen Hosein, were convicted of Mrs McKay's murder and kidnapping 55 years ago, though her remains were never found.

Hoping to find her body, two of her children – Ian McKay and Dianne Levinson – asked the High Court to allow a "grou

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