Moors Murderer Ian Brady has spent a second night in a general hospital, officials confirmed today.
The serial killer was admitted to Fazakerley Hospital in Aintree, Liverpool, for tests on Monday after becoming "acutely physically unwell".
Brady, 74, who was jailed in 1966 for murdering three children, has been detained at Ashworth high security psychiatric
hospital in Maghull, Merseyside, since 1985.
Brady and his partner, Myra Hindley, were responsible for the murders of five youngsters in the 1960s
A spokeswoman for Ashworth said today: "Ian Brady, a patient at Ashworth Hospital, is still in a general hospital this morning where he spent the night after becoming acutely physically unwell.
"He has undergone a series of tests and was kept in.
"Ian Brady is in a single room and will continue to be accompanied in that room at all times by two nurses from Ashworth Hospital.
"Two other members of Ashworth Hospital staff will also be on duty outside his room throughout his stay in the general hospital."
Brady is due to attend a mental health tribunal on Monday regarding his application to be transferred to a Scottish prison and be allowed to die, but his appearance at that hearing is now in doubt.