An Edinburgh killer who was jailed after stabbing a fellow prisoner to death in a capital flat has died following a battle with dementia.
Andrew Fisher killed Craig MacKenzie at a property in Edinburgh in 2013 after the pair were both released from prison.
The 58-year-old had previously spent time behind bars after murdering his wife in Dunfermline 1990 - he served 11 years of a life sentence and was released in 2001.
READ MORE: Scottish couple expecting baby tell of moment ferry ran aground as staff shouted 'hold on'
Fisher died in Carstairs State Hospital 10 years after he was detained for the stabbing to death of fellow murderer MacKenzie, the Daily Record reports.
Fisher, who suffered from schizophrenia, had dialled 999 after stabbing MacKenzie, 40, in a horrific attack.
He had inflicted 32 stab wounds to the head, neck and body of his victim.
Fisher claimed that McKenzie, who he met in jail, had been drugging and raping him for months before the attack. The Crown accepted a plea to the lesser charge of culpable homicide on the basis of diminished responsibility.
A hospital source said: “Andrew was actually very well behaved in the hospital and succumbed to dementia. He had been in the hospital for 10 years and complied with all his treatments.”
MacKenzie was jailed after he was convicted of the murder of David Edwards, 25, who was dug up from a shallow grave in Edinburgh’s Seafield Crematorium.
Carstairs has been approached for comment.
READ NEXT:
Edinburgh busker says local group 'approached him with anger' branding him 'pathetic'
Police race to historic Edinburgh pub after reports of 'disturbance'
The award winning Edinburgh curry house that's welcomed royals and celebs over the years
Beautiful Edinburgh mews apartment with quaint features now on the market
West Lothian woman says 102-year-old mum faces 'losing her home' due to council
