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Margate: Serial killer Peter Tobin who buried two of his victims in his garden is rushed to hospital

A serial killer who buried two of his victims in the garden of his Margate home has been taken to hospital, according to reports in the national media.

Peter Tobin, who is serving three life sentences, is said to have collapsed at Saughton Prison in Edinburgh yesterday.

The 69-year-old was then taken to the Royal Infirmary according to the Scottish Sun.

Serial killer Peter Tobin, jailed in 2009
Serial killer Peter Tobin, jailed in 2009

A spokesman for the Scottish Prison Service said: "We can confirm that a 69-year-old prisoner from HMP Edinburgh was taken to hospital yesterday."

Tobin was convicted of the 1991 murders of 15-year-old Vicky Hamilton and 18-year-old Dinah McNicol.

Their bodies were discovered in Irvine Drive, Margate, in 2008.

Tobin was also convicted of raping and murdering 23-year-old Polish student Angelika Kluk.

Her body was found under the floor of a Glasgow church in 2006.

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