Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe has 'tested positive for coronavirus and is isolating at HMP Frankland', it has been reported.
The serial killer was reportedly rushed to A&E at the University Hospital of North Durham on Wednesday, October 28, with suspected heart problems.
He is understood to have returned to HMP Frankland on Tuesday after five nights away.
Now a source has told The Sun that the 74-year-old started showing symptoms of Covid-19 on Thursday and there are fears he "ticks so many of the danger categories for coronavirus".
Prison medics at the County Durham jail diagnosed the Ripper with the virus and he was moved into isolation, it was claimed.
He will now be monitored amid fears he is at high risk, The Mirror reports.
Sutcliffe, who is currently serving a whole life order after being convicted in 1981 of murdering 13 women and trying to kill seven others, is said to be stable tonight, the source told the paper.
The source said: "He started showing symptoms on Thursday. The results were turned around quickly because of the danger of him spreading it.
"The worry for him is that he ticks so many of the danger categories for coronavirus.
"He is already in ill health, he is overweight and he is old. If things go downhill for him, it could be very, very serious."
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: “We do not comment on individuals.”
During his trip to hospital, the Yorkshire Ripper had been handcuffed to a bed and was being treated in a cardiology ward away from other patients.
He was said to have been convinced at the time that he might have also have contracted the coronavirus but tested negative initially.
The report says it was only when he returned to the prison that it was found he had the virus.
The 74-year-old's health has been deteriorating for months and in recent days he's said to have developed crushing chest pains.
Sutcliffe had reportedly been complaining of shortness of breath which has prevented him sleeping and was said to be petrified of catching Covid-19 having suffered flu symptoms for weeks.
In recent years, he has suffered diabetes and an angina attack and is almost completely blind.
In 1997, he was attacked by a fellow inmate, which damaged his eyesight.
