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Sadistic child killer close to death: report

Sadistic child killer Derek Ernest Percy may have just days to live as he loses a fight against cancer.

It is believed Victoria's longest serving inmate is being treated in the prison wing of St Vincent's Hospital and is not expected to recover.

The news comes just a month after a court ruled Percy should be forced to give evidence at the inquest into the 1968 murder of schoolgirl Linda Stilwell.

His death would mean her mother would never learn where he body was buried.

Percy is a suspect in at least five other child murders.