The notorious child killer ‘Babes in the Wood’ double murderer Russell Bishop is dying of cancer and is close to death

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Bishop, 55, from Brighton, is receiving end-of-life care at Frankland Prison, in Co Durham, and could have just weeks to live despite having surgery

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