Serial killer Peter Tobin runs up £15,000 medical bill in prison with string of fake illness (and he's even got a special £200 toilet seat for his bad back)



Serial killer Peter Tobin, jailed for murdering three women, claimed he fell out of his bunk

Serial killer Peter Tobin has run up a bill of more than £15,000 in medical costs after faking a series of illnesses behind bars, it emerged today.

The 65-year-old monster who murdered three young girls claims he fell out of his prison bunk in the latest incident.

He refused to move until he was attended by medical staff. But when they rushed to his aid, they found he was not seriously hurt and did not require treatment.



His string of bogus illnesses began during his court trials and appeals. Several hearings had to be adjourned - adding to court costs.

But the bogus illnesses have continued since he was placed in HM Prison Edinburgh, the Daily Record reported.



Tobin is serving life for the murder of Dinah McNicol, 18, from Essex in December 2009, the murder of Vicky Hamilton, 15, from Falkirk in 2008 and the rape and murder of 23-year-old Polish student Angelika Kluk in 2006.

The bodies of Dinah and Vicky were found in the garden of Tobin’s former home in Margate, Kent, in 2007.

The huge bill he has incurred includes the cost of ambulances, medical experts, a 350lb wheelchair and other medical equipment.

He received a special 200-pound toilet seat because he alleged he suffered from a bad back. The bill also includes the £1,000 cost so far of trips from the prison to hospital by ambulance.

Tobin is an inmate at HMP Edinburgh, where he claimed he suffered from a series of illnesses and accidents

Victims: The remains of Vicky Hamilton (left) and Dinah McNicol were found buried in the garden of a house in Margate, Kent, in 2007



He also begged doctors to give him nicotine patches to help him quit smoking. Once he received the packs - worth more than £100 - he promptly sold them to other inmates so that he could buy more cigarettes.

The current bill also covers more than £3,000 in jurors' expenses and £8,000 court costs after he complained of being too unwell to appear in the dock.

Tobin murdered Polish student Angelika Kluk in Glasgow in 2006

The bill for his sickness scams comes on top of the £350,000 legal bill that Tobin has cost the taxpayer for his trials and court appeals.

Vicky Hamilton’s father Michael accused Tobin of being an attention-seeker.

He pleaded with prison chiefs: 'Please just let him die. Nobody should be running to save him, whether he is desperately ill or just seeking attention.'

He added: 'I think it is terrible medical staff would run to this vile creature to help him. They should leave him in the hope he might die.

'The only thing that upsets Peter Tobin is if he does not get the attention he wants. It is what he lives for.'

A spokesman for HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland said staff had a duty to ensure the care of all prisoners while under their authority.

He told the Daily Record: 'There is no way staff can ignore a prisoner. They have to deal with what is apparently in front of them.'

Tobin has been described as a psychopath by professor of criminology David Wilson.