Peter Tobin questioned by police over "sexual crimes"

CONVICTED serial killer Peter Tobin was driven from jail to a police station for questioning, it emerged today.

Tobin was taken from HMP Edinburgh and interviewed in Edinburgh yesterday in relation to his suspected involvement in "serious sexual crimes".

The 63-year-old has already been convicted of the murders of Angelika Kluk, Vicky Hamilton and Dinah McNicol and has been told he will spend the rest of his life behind bars.

He was questioned as part of of Operation Anagram, a national exercise by police forces across the UK set up to identify issues of concern relating to the killer.

A Strathclyde Police spokesman said: "As a result of the continuing inquiries surrounding Operation Anagram, Strathclyde officers detained Peter Tobin from HMP Edinburgh and took him to Saint Leonards police office, Edinburgh, where he was interviewed with a legal representative for most of the day.

"This was in relation to his suspected involvement in serious sexual crimes in Scotland and also in an effort to establish the truth about the possible criminal activities of Peter Tobin which have been the subject of continued media speculation.

"The outcome of yesterday's interview conducted under Scottish powers is being reported to the Crown Office in Scotland.

"A Sussex officer attached to the UK-wide Operation Anagram was present throughout the interview. This joint working between UK forces has been a significant feature of Operation Anagram which still continues to examine the life of the serial killer Peter Tobin."

Confirmation that police in Scotland had questioned Tobin came as officers in Sussex ruled out any crimes linked to the serial killer at a seaside property where he used to live.

Search teams and forensic archaeologists spent 15 days excavating a large rear garden and forensically examining the basement areas of the house in Brighton.

But Sussex Police said the search revealed no evidence linking the property in Marine Parade to crimes by Tobin, who lived there in the late 1980s.

A similar search at nearby Station Road, Portslade, ended last week after nine days of excavations which also ruled out any criminality by the 63-year-old Scottish handyman.