Terminally-ill serial killer Ivan Milat is back in hospital after being moved from Long Bay jail suffering from a high temperature
- Ivan Milat was transferred from Long Bay jail to Prince of Wales hospital Friday
- The 74-year-old serial killer is believed to be suffering from a high temperature
- It is also believed he has a serious infection that staff at the prison cannot treat
Serial killer Ivan Milat was transferred from the medical wing at Long Bay jail to Prince of Wales hospital this afternoon with a high temperature.
Milat, 74, was taken to Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney’s east from the correctional centre shortly after lunch on Friday.
The terminally ill serial killer is believed to have a high temperature and is now in the secure wing of the hospital.
According to Seven News, Milat is suffering from a serious infection that staff at Long Bay’s hospital are unable to treat.
Ivan Milat was taken to Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney’s east from the correctional centre shortly after lunch on Friday (pictured being taken to hospital in May)
The terminally ill serial killer is believed to have a high temperature and is now in the secure wing of Prince of Wales Hospital (pictured: Ivan Milat)
His condition is not currently life-threatening despite having terminal oesophagus and stomach cancer.
In May, the 74-year-old serial killer was transferred from Goulburn Supermax Prison to Prince of Wales once diagnosed.
Following his treatment he was discharged and taken by corrective officers to Long Bay jail, where he is now housed in a special hospital wing.
Milat – Australia’s worst serial killer – was seen for the first time in a decade in May when he was transferred.
The ageing killer was dressed in regulation prison greens with long white hair, while his trademark handlebar moustache was also white.
In 1996 Milat was convicted of killing seven backpackers and dumping their bodies in the Belanglo State Forest, south of Sydney, between 1989 and 1992.
He is currently serving seven life sentences, which are all to be served consecutively and without the possibility of parole.
Milat’s victims included three backpackers from Germany, another two tourists from Britain and two Australians from Melbourne.
He has spent most most of the last two-and-a-half decades in Goulburn’s Supermax prison, the strictest in Australia.
In May, the 74-year-old serial killer was transferred from Goulburn Supermax Prison to Prince of Wales once diagnosed (Milat pictured in May)
Milat – Australia’s worst serial killer – was seen for the first time in a decade in May when he was transferred
Other than his recent health problems, he has left the prison on just two occasions – once in 2001 for a court appearance and once in 2009 when he cut off one of his fingers.
But despite a mountain of evidence against him, he has never confessed.
He stabbed most of his victims – decapitating one whose head has never been found – and shot another 10 times in the head as if using her for target practice.
He was also questioned in 2004 about the disappearance of two nurses at Parramatta in 1980 when he was working at the nearby Granville depot of the then Department of Main Roads.
In 2006 Milat was named by police at an inquest as the person most likely to have killed a schoolgirl and her boyfriend who disappeared from northern Sydney in 1978.
Late last year, Milat wrote a 10-page letter proclaiming his innocence.