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Rolf Harris has been admitted to an Ebola ward at an NHS hospital, it has been reported today.

The shamed paedophile and former entertainer was taken from his cell at Stafford Prison and admitted to an infectious diseases unit at Royal Stoke University Hospital.

The ward is used to treat highly contagious diseases, such as Ebola.

It is understood the 85-year-old was kept in a secure room at the unit, which has a less public entrance than other wards at the hospital.

It is not yet known if Harris has returned to prison and if he was treated on the ward for his privacy.

A source told the Stoke Sentinel: "He was taken to the Lyme Building where there is a less public entrance than the main ones.

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"People are saying he was in a secure room in the infectious diseases unit.

"This is more cut off from the outside world because it is equipped to take the most infectious cases, such as Ebola."

Harris not due to be released until 2017 after being found guilty of molesting four girls as young as seven between 1968 and 1986.

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The disgraced star was caged for five years and nine months by Mr Justice Sweeney at Southwark Crown Court in July last year.

He was found guilty of 12 sex attacks on young girls, including his daughter's best friend who he targeted from the age of 13.

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Officials at the Prison Service and the hospital yesterday refused to confirm whether Harris had received treatment.

A spokesperson for University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, which runs the hospital, said: "We cannot confirm whether Rolf Harris has been a patient here."

A Prison Service spokesman added: "We don't comment on individuals."