Child killer Ian Huntley had cancer tests in a security operation costing thousands of pounds and then was given the all-clear.
The double murderer reportedly complained for two years that he was unwell and told fellow inmates in prison he thought it was terminal.
And the 49-year-old was “really relieved and a bit sheepish” when he returned to jail, having finally had tests recently.
He’s serving a minimum of 40 years for killing 10-year-old girls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in Soham, Cambridgeshire, in 2002.
Sources inside reportedly said Huntley, the former school caretaker, had even decided he would refuse treatment if diagnosed.