Vile serial killer Rose West's lonely life in jail revealed
One of the world's most notorious serial killers, who almost got away with her crimes, is reportedly living a lonely life behind bars, shunned by fellow inmates and resigned to dying in prison.
Rose West, along with her husband Fred, tortured and murdered 12 women and girls in Gloucester, UK in the 1970s and 1980s — including their own daughter.
Fred was chillingly open with police as they unravelled his sick and sadistic string of crimes, finding more bodies under multiple homes, however, he adamantly defended his wife's involvement throughout much of the investigation.
It wasn't until Rose ignored Fred in court one day that he turned on her, finally telling police that he didn't act alone.
Shortly after turning on his wife in a police interview fuelled by rage, Fred escaped justice, dying by suicide while on remand for his crimes in the 1990s.
Although Rose thought she had escaped conviction, new evidence regarding the murder of her step-daughter led a jury to deliver a guilty verdict. The judge handed West 10 life sentences for her horrific crimes.
Her conviction made West one of Britain's worst ever serial killers and she has been in prison ever since.
A source told The Sun that the murderer, who is now 71-years-old, is in a disabled jail cell because 'she can barely walk'.
'She never really leaves the wing she's held on and is escorted all the time by prison officers if she goes anywhere,' the source said.
'Sometimes she sits in the communal areas on her own.
'No one talks to her because everyone knows who she is and what she did, even if she has changed her name. Rose West was given 10 life sentences for her horrific crimes. Credit: Universal History Archive / Supplied
'When I was there, she tried to make friends with the other women and gave them gifts, like vapes, but she was rejected.
'She likes to watch nature documentaries on the TV in her cell, especially ones about birds.'
West and her husband are the subject of a new Netflix docuseries called Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story.
These days West, who changed her name by deed poll in 2020 to Jennifer Jones, resides at the female-only HMP New Hall prison in West Yorkshire.
'No one wants to talk to her or be close to her. She sits in the social areas around everyone else just to annoy the other women, knowing they don't want to be around her,' a source said.
'Often she's just in her cell on her own and the other prisoners can hear her talking to the TV if they walk past.
'Her hair is grey now and she's put on some weight but she still looks the same and she still wears her glasses.
'She never gets any visitors but still gets loads of post and cards from sick admirers on the outside, which has to go through security checks before it gets to her.' The basement of the Wests' Gloucester home, which was demolished after their cries were discovered. Credit: PA Images / PA Images via Getty Images
The couple were accused of murdering 12 people over a period of 20 years, subjecting them to horrific sexual violence, dismembering them and burying them beneath their house.
West's victims included her 16-year-old daughter, her eight-year-old stepdaughter and her husband's pregnant lover.
When she was convicted after a 31-day trial, Justice Charles Mantell told her she should never be released. Police standing outside number 25 Cromwell Street, the home of murderers Fred and Rosemary West, 23rd April 1994. Credit: Mirrorpix / Getty Images
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