Killers paid to study

SOME of Britain's most evil killers are being paid GRANTS to study for Open University degrees at Broadmoor.

A loophole means they qualify for the £250 payments because they are classified as patients at the high-security psychiatric hospital - not prisoners, who are banned from applying for funding.

Moors murderer Myra Hindley got a humanities degree at Broadmoor.

Patients study under supervision and bank the dosh because they have no outgoings.

Yet ordinary cash-strapped students struggle to obtain funding.

The OU - under threat of closing eight regional centres - has 33 students in secure institutions receiving financial support.

The West London Mental Health Trust, which runs Broadmoor, said: "Patients can apply for financial awards from the Open University in the same way as the public. Educational therapy is encouraged."

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