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Cop killer Dale Cregan to get downgraded Christmas dinner after being sent back to jail

The one-eyed murderer previously bragged about his stress-free days at Ashworth Hospital which saw him being served up a rump steak and turkey with all the trimmings

COP killer Dale Cregan will finally do real prison time after spending the past four years in a hospital unit.

The one-eyed gangster has bragged about days playing snooker and tennis, and cooking pizza.

 Cop killer Dale Cregan will be spending Christmas in prison following a four year stint in a hospital unit
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Cop killer Dale Cregan will be spending Christmas in prison following a four year stint in a hospital unitCredit: PA:Press Association

Drug lord Cregan, who gunned down cops Fiona Bone, 32, and Nicola Hughes, 23, forced a move to the unit after going on a hunger strike and convincing doctors he was criminally insane.

He is being sent back to jail after now being considered well enough.

It brings an end to his life-style at Ashworth Hospital in Merseyside, which costs £300,000-a-year per patient.

It is possible he will return to Manchester’s Strangeways jail.

A source said: “Thankfully mental health professionals aren’t being fooled by his antics any more. He’s furious.”

Last Christmas Ashworth patients got steak, turkey and puddings.

 The thug gunned down cops Fiona Bone, left, and Nicola Hughes, right, in 2012
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 The thug gunned down cops Fiona Bone, left, and Nicola Hughes, right, in 2012
 Cregan was served up a rump steak, roasted turkey with all the trimmings and belt-busting puddings during his stay at Ashworth Hospital
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Cregan was served up a rump steak, roasted turkey with all the trimmings and belt-busting puddings during his stay at Ashworth HospitalCredit: Maverick Photography
 The lag will be served up a £3.10 dinner for one in his cell on Christmas Day
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The lag will be served up a £3.10 dinner for one in his cell on Christmas DayCredit: Alamy

This year he faces a £3.10 dinner in a cell.

Cregan, 34, murdered two gang rivals in Manchester in 2012 before the fatal gun and grenade ambush on the two police officers.

He was given a whole-life tariff after a £5million trial.

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