text: One-eyed police killer Dale Cregan has been sent to the same psychiatric hospital as Moors murderer Ian Brady after going on hunger strike for the second time. The 31-year-old has reportedly been transferred from HMP Manchester, formerly Strangeways, to Ashworth Hospital, a high-security psychiatric unit in Maghull, Merseyside. Cregan, who was jailed for life after shooting police officers Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes in 2012, was said to have started refusing food at the Category A jail after being moved to solitary confinement. Scroll down for video . One-eyed police murderer Dale Cregan (above left) has reportedly been  moved from the Category A prison to the same secure psychiatric hospital as Moors murderer Ian Brady (above right) A source said told the Sun: 'He's playing the system. 'If he's offered a move he likes, he will start eating.' Brady, who was jailed for life in 1966, was sent to Ashworth Hospital over 30 years ago. Together with Myra Hindley, who died in prison in 2002, he tortured and murdered five children in Greater Manchester between 1963 and 1965. In 2013 a mental health tribunal ruled that Brady should stay at Ashworth, despite the notorious killer arguing that he was not suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and should go back to jail. Cregan, who lost an eye in a brawl, was told he would die in prison when he was jailed for life without parole in June 2013. He was already on the run for the murders of David Short, 46, and son Mark, 23, when he killed the two policewomen after luring them to a house with a fake 999 call before shooting them 32 times on the doorstep and then throwing a grenade at them. It was claimed he was sent to solitary confinement at HMP Manchester last month after being caught smuggling a mobile phone and cannabis into his cell. Before the fallout sources told the Daily Star Sunday that Cregan had an enhanced status and was allowed additional time in the games area and yard, as well as a flat-screen TV and DVD player in his room. Sources reportedly claimed that the police killer was 'playing the system' after being moved to Ashworth Hospital in Merseyside (pictured above) The 31-year-old was reportedly transferred to solitary confinement in HMP Manchester (pictured above), formerly Strangeways, after going on hunger strike for the second time . Brady (artists impression from when he gave evidence at a mental health tribunal,  left)  together with Myra Hindley (pictured right), who died in prison in 2002, tortured and murdered five children in Greater Manchester between 1963 and 1965 . But the benefits were taken off him after he was caught smuggling for a second time. 'Cregan has burned all his bridges in here,' the source reportedly told the newspaper. 'He has not eaten since he was sent into segregation.' Ashworth hospital offers comfortable bedrooms and patients are allowed personal items such as CDs, photos and books. Art and music workshops, pottery and cooking classes, and social events such as bingo and film nights are also offered to the patients. A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice said that they do not comment on individuals. He was jailed for life after shooting police officers Fiona Bone (left) and Nicola Hughes (right) in 2012 .
target: 31-year-old reportedly transferred to Ashworth Hospital, Merseyside .
  Move to high-security psychiatric unit comes after Cregan refused food .
  Killed two men before luring two officers to house with fake 999 call .
  Fired 32 bullets at Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes and threw a grenade .