Hindley back in hospital

London - The notorious child killer, Myra Hindley, has been rushed to hospital for the second time in just over a week, prison…

London - The notorious child killer, Myra Hindley, has been rushed to hospital for the second time in just over a week, prison officials said early today. They declined to disclose details of her illness. "She's stable and has been undergoing tests," one official said.

Hindley - jailed for life in 1966 for taking part in sadistic child murders - was admitted to hospital in Bury St Edmunds yesterday. She was taken to the same hospital on Tuesday last week after complaining she was ill but authorities had her back behind bars the next day. Newspaper reports said the 57-year-old had suffered a stroke or heart attack.

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