A nazi-obsessed serial killer described as a "ticking time-bomb" has been moved to a cushy jail and will be allowed on escorted town visits.

Patrick Mackay, 55, who slaughtered two elderly women and killed a priest with an axe, has been quizzed about NINE other murders.

But, in a move to ease overcrowding, the sadist has swapped life at Category B Kingston jail in Portsmouth, for softer Wayland in Norfolk.

The move went ahead despite fears of staff.

An insider said of Mackay: "I have never met a more unstable and volatile person. Mackay has an aura of evil and I am under no doubt he would kill again. He is a psychopath, a timebomb ready to go off."

Mackay, jailed for life in 1975, could earn the right to move to open prison and work in the community.