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.

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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.

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  • Ian Brady hospitalised

    Undated file photo of Moors murderer Ian Brady, who has been taken to hospital, his solicitor Richard Nicholas has confirmed.

  • In this picture from 1965 Ian Brady is in the back of a police car prior to his court appearance for the Moors Murders for which he was later convicted.

  • In this picture from 1965 Ian Brady is in the back of a police car prior to his court appearance for the Moors Murders for which he was later convicted.

  • Ian Brady has a cigarette while in police custody prior to his court appearance for the Moors Murders for which he was later convicted.

  • Emlyn Hooson,QC, who led the defence of Ian Brady

  • John Wood of the Department of Public Prosecution, left, and William Mars-Jones, QC for the prosecution, pictured leaving their hotel to attend the second day of the Moor Murders trial in court at Chester Castle, Cheshire, April 20, 1966

  • Undated handout file photo of Keith Bennett, the 12-year-old boy killed by Moors Murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.

  • A composite picture of Moors murder victims John Kilbride (L) , 12, and Lesley-Ann Downey, 10, whose bodies were found in shallow graves on Saddleworth Moors near Manchester in 1966. Myra Hindley and her lover Ian Brady were jailed in 1966 for the killings.

  • A composite picture of 12 year old Keith Bennett (L) and 16 year old Pauline Reade, who went missing. Pauline Read's body was later found on Saddleworth Moor

  • Police search for human remains on Saddleworth Moor, near Ashton-under-Lyne. In the centre of the group is Mr Eric Cunningham, chief of the North West Regional Crime Squad (bowler hat). Police would not confirm the discovery of a body.

  • Heavily swathed in plastic sheeting, human remains are carried from the screened grave on Saddleworth Moor, near Ashton-under-Lyne. Detective Chief Superintendent Sam Cross, head of the West Riding CID, said they were now making inquiries to establish the identity of the body.

  • Edward Evans, 17-year-old murder victim of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley

  • Lesley Ann Downey, aged 10, whose body was found in a shallow grave on Saddleworth Moors near Manchester in 1966

  • Moors Murderers Myra Hindley (L) and Ian Brady

  • The latest picture of Ian Brady

  • MYRA HINDLEY AND IAN BRADY POSING FOR A SELF PORTRAIT ON THE MOOR WHERE THEY BURIED THEIR CHILD VICTIMS