MOORS murderer Ian Brady has spent four hours in a general hospital in Liverpool after complaining of being unwell, a health authority said.

Brady, 70, who was jailed alongside Myra Hindley in 1966 for murdering five children, was seen by medics at Aintree Hospital.

Merseycare NHS Trust, which runs Liverpool's high security Ashworth Hospital where Brady is incarcerated, would not disclose the nature of his illness.

A spokeswoman said: "Ian Brady, a patient at Ashworth Hospital, complained of feeling unwell.

"As a precaution he was taken to a general hospital where he successfully underwent a series of tests.

"He was discharged after about four hours and returned to Ashworth where he remains, having made a full recovery."

Witnesses described a massive police presence at Aintree Hospital, in the Fazakerley area of the city, for much of the day.

The serial killer, who has been on hunger strike for several years, last year failed in a legal bid to get himself moved from Ashworth to a conventional prison.

It has been claimed Brady wants to return to prison so he can kill himself.