Serial killer Tobin taken to hospital from prison

Serial killer Peter Tobin has been taken to hospital from the prison where he is serving three life sentences.

Tobin was taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh from HMP Edinburgh on Thursday after becoming unwell.

He is serving a life sentence for raping and murdering Angelika Kluk, 23, a Polish student, and hiding her body in a Glasgow church in 2006.

Tobin, in his mid-70s, is also serving life terms for the 1991 murders of 15-year-old schoolgirl Vicky Hamilton and 18-year-old Dinah Mcnicol.

A spokesman for the Scottish Prison Service said: “We cannot comment on individual prisoners.”