The notorious child killer, who was born in Glasgow, is being force-fed after a series of hunger strikes.
Lawyer Giovanni Di Stefano said the move was inspired by the release of the Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi on compassionate grounds.
Brady, 71, and Myra Hindley were jailed in 1966 for murdering five children in Greater Manchester during the 1960s.
Mr Di Stefano told a newspaper: "There is no reason Brady should not return to his own country just like Mr Al Megrahi did.
"The attitude regarding mental health in Scotland is perhaps somewhat diverse to the UK, and I have told Brady that he may well achieve his goal by being transferred there."
The Italian lawyer hopes to have Brady moved under the Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984 and is preparing an application for transfer to Carstairs in Lanarkshire, Scotland's only high-security hospital.
Stunt
But authorities on both sides of the border have dismissed the move as a 'publicity stunt' and said any application would almost certainly be rejected.
Brady is currently being held in Ashworth High Security Hospital, Merseyside. He has been on hunger strike since 1999, with medics force feeding him through a tube.
Mr Di Stefano, who has previously acted for Saddam Hussein and notorious Serb leader Slobodan Milosevic, suggested Scottish authorities would be more likely to allow Brady to die.
He said: "All Brady wants is to be moved to a prison and be allowed to die. We would look to have Brady moved to Carstairs Hospital or a similar unit. We are then confident he would be declared fit enough to be moved to a mainstream prison. Once there, he could then take the decision whether he wanted to eat or not.
"Brady is evil, without a doubt. He doesn't want out - he simply wants to be left to die. We believe Scotland offers the best opportunity for him."
The child killer previously launched a legal bid to stop medics force feeding him, rejected by the High Court in 2000. His lawyer claimed as much £1m was being spent each year on continuing legal fees and healthcare.
The Department of Health, which is responsible for Brady's treatment and would need to approve the transfer, said it had not yet received any request.
However, the Scottish Government said they would oppose any attempt to move the child killer across the border.
A spokesman for the devolved government's justice department said: "Any application would have to be made to the relevant prison authorities in England and we are not aware of any such request. "It is not something we would support." Tweet
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If he tell where Keith Bennet is let him have a jail cell in Scotland. Not before!
I think the precedent has been set by this government in allowing somebody who killed 270 people to be transferred home. As long as he is still in jail and not realeased then that's OK.
That said Scotland doesn't seem to review the ramifications of release, just whether they are legally allowed to. Maybe it is better that he serves his time in England as they Scots may well release him.
And once safely in a Scottish prison will he be seeking compassion and asking to be released. Nice try bad boy.
Why is a piece of scum like Brady allowed to request anything? He's inside for killing children. We should be telling him what's happening not giving him a say. Pity he wasn't executed in 1966.
Mike is spot on - Brady is a calculating child killer. He has seen that the mass murder got released on compassionate ground and now Brady is trying his luck. Brady should die in prison end of line.
He should have spent the last 40 odd years in solitary on an island somewhere. Stick him on one of those dilapidated forts in the Channel and let's forget he exists.
Let the scum rot and suffer: Whatever it requests give it the opposite. Either way the authoroties must never succumb to this piece of dog-filth demands.
how much is this lawyer charging 1m a year on legal and health, well health is included in the prison budget because he is being kept in a secure hospital. So this lawyer is charging the state a million a year for few letters a couple of phone calls and a number of visits.As for Hindley he can rot in hell, I also note that Ronnie Biggs is still alive and kicking despite being released because he only had a few days left.
The Lybian i am not sure about as I have listened to the English relatives of the victims and they unlike their American counterparts believed that he was framed by American intelligence to comply with their stance on Lybia and maintain relations with the country really responsible.
How about "We'll think about it when you give the exact location of Keith Bennett's body?" I think that would be reasonable, considering his poor mother's agony.
Why are medics even bothering to force feed him? If wants to go on hunger strike, good! Leave him to it and let him die. England and Scotland would be better off by the departing of this evil scum.
let the vile creature rot where he is....he should not be allowed to request anything.
Why is this evil man locked up in a secure mental unit - he obviously knows what's going on to request this ? Or has he got some apologist doing it for him ?
Like others said, refuse him ! Let him die in his prison cell - it's a pity the state couldn't 40 odd years ago.
He just thinks that the Scots will let him out for the price of some oil, he must have read the papers recently then
I would give him a Transfer.TO HELL!
"He just thinks that the Scots will let him out for the price of some oil, he must have read the papers recently then"
More carefully than you then, the Scots govt let him out, the UK govt was having discussions about oil.
Let him rot in the English jail,he does not deserve to be granted any requests,he is scum and he should have hung at the end of a rope long ago.
M.H.Sydney Australia.
I think they should just let him out, he's been inside for long enough.
if you just knew what money he has been paid in jail/mentle hospitals etc. he could buy a luxury hotel- personally he should stay in a very small cell six feet under.i think the public should know what allowences people receive in JAIL ETC
Brady - or Stewart as he was then called left Glasgow in 1954 - to live with his natural mother who had moved to Manchester.
He made a choice to live in England - having a foster parent in Glasgow by the name Sloane.
He cannot expect to be allowed to die in Scotland whilst he refuses to reveal where Keith Bennett is and allow a young boy to be laid to rest properly
This certainly is a publicity stunt - by Giovanni di Stefano. Di Stefano is not Brady's lawyer and never has been. Well done for taking the bait MEN!
He should be in a cage on the moors til he 'remembers' where Keiths body is, so finally his Mother can rest.
This scumbag brady only wants to go to a Scottish prison so he can smoke,there a no smoking ban on NHS properties. Let him rot wgere he is.
Bob Hope. ... No he shouldnt be released he's been there long enough he tortured young children what normal person would do that he should have been hung along with Hindley. We are paying for his solicitors and medical fees
Keith Bennets mum should decide, show them were is body is. then yes,no stay in the uk..........deal or no deal.
" Bob Hope,
14/09/2009 at 13:30"
I wonder how many bites you'll get on that one? A bit distasteful though - even for you!