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Police are mounting patrols at a Liverpool hospital after Moors Murderer Ian Brady was rushed-in for treatment after he collapsed.
Brady, 74, is due to appear before a Mental Health Review Tribunal on Monday 9th July at Ashworth Hospital on Merseyside, where he has been held since 1985.
But he was taken to University Hospital Aintree at Fazakerley on Monday after suffering "a seizure" on a ward at top security Ashworth Hospital near Maghul.
He was undergoing tests and was under guard in a private room with two staff from Ashworth keeping watch along with officers from Merseyside Police
Glasgow-born Brady was jailed in 1966 for murdering three children in Manchester.
He has been fed through a nasal gastric tube since he began refusing to eat on hunger strike in September 1999, declaring that he intended to starve himself to death.
Brady is detained under the Mental Health Act and took his case to a high court judge who ruled that he was incapable of taking a sane decision to end his own life.
Since then Brady has fought a protracted legal battle to have his case considered before a Mental Health Review Tribunal, in public, with the press present and able to report proceedings.
He won that battle late last year and the Tribunal has been scheduled to meet next Monday at Ashworth, with the proceedings relayed via video link to the Manchester Justice Centre.
In a statement Merseycare NHS Trust which runs Ashworth Hospital said Brady had been admitted to hospital after becoming "acutely physically unwell".
The statement said: "Ian Brady, has been admitted to a general hospital after becoming acutely physically unwell on the ward.
"He is undergoing a series of tests and as a precaution he will be kept-in.
"Ian Brady, is in a single room and will 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.
"It is too soon to provide a comment about his condition.
"Ian Brady, who has been at the high secure psychiatric hospital since 1985 has been tube fed since refusing food 12 years ago. He is due to have a public mental health review tribunal next week."
Brady's lawyer Richard Nicholas confirmed his client had been taken to a Liverpool hospital for treatment after he collapsed at Ashworth.
Mr Nicolas, of RMNJ solicitors said: "Mr Brady was taken to a hospital in Liverpool on Monday.
"I do not know if it will affect the Mental Health Review Tribunal which is scheduled to begin next Monday."
