UK games site GVG is reporting that 5000 quids worth of Nintendo Wii's have been sent to Broadmoor prison, which houses some of the UK's finest serial killers, one of which includes the Yorkshire Ripper.
CVG
High-security psychiatric hospital Broadmoor - home to serial killers including the Yorkshire Ripper - has taken delivery of £5,000 worth of Nintendo Wii consoles as "part of the patients' treatment".
The 22 consoles have been installed in the top-security hospital at the taxpayers' expense, predictably sparking outrage among the tabloid newspapers.
A furious Sun source described how Ripper Peter Sutcliffe "played ten pin bowling - watched by Rachel Nickell's murderer Robert Napper".
The source added: "When you think of their crimes and the misery they have caused, you have to ask if it's right for society to pay to entertain them.
"This cash could have been spent improving care in the wider NHS. In the meantime all we hear is laughter as patients play with their new toys."
A Broadmoor spokesman said games such as Wii Fit were installed as part of a strategy to increase exercise.
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