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Cop killer Dale Cregan was transferred from prison to hospital in a high-security operation. A heavy police presence was deployed as he was moved in the dead of night.

Images show officers outside Aintree University Hospital on Merseyside after he was taken there for an apparently pre-arranged appointment on Monday (December 1).

Cregan was jailed for life for the murders of David Short, 46, and son Mark, 23, and of policewomen Nicola Hughes, 23, and Fiona Bone, 32, in a horrifying gun and grenade attack in 2012.

In a statement Merseyside Police said: "We can confirm Merseyside Police were present at Aintree Hospital on Monday, December 1, providing support whilst a patient received medical support. There is no longer a police presence at the hospital."

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