A secure hospital In Merseyside has housed some of the countries most chilling figures.
Tucked neatly between family houses and playing fields sits Ashworth hospital in Maghull home to some of the UK's most notorious killers. It is one of only three high-security psychiatric hospitals in England.
Many of the hospital's patients are deemed to be a danger to themselves and those around them having committed some of the most infamous murders in the UK. Here is a list of the most notorious patients who have spent time and even died behind the walls of Ashworth hospital.
