Serial killer Peter Tobin was taken to hospital on Thursday after a suspected heart attack.

Tobin, 65, serving three life sentences for the murders of Vicky Hamilton, Angelika Kluk and Dinah McNicol, became ill at Edinburgh's Saughton Prison.

The killer was reportedly taken to the city's Royal Infirmary.

He suffered chest pains and collapsed, unable to breathe, it was reported.

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