The horrific crimes of infamous murderess Rose West are being flung into the prime time spotlight again on Monday night when she made the subject of a new ITV documentary alongside fellow serial killer Myra Hindley.
Rose West & Myra Hindley: Their Untold Story, which will air on Monday night at 9pm, will see legendary broadcaster Sir Trevor McDonald shed fresh light on both Hindley and West’s psychology and criminal behaviour whilst behind bars.
Killer West was found guilty of ten equally terrible murders, with her husband, Fred West. For two decades, the couple were the twisted tenants of the 'House of Horrors' who imprisoned, sexually abused and killed young girls, including, most shockingly, their own daughter.
But when skeletons were found buried at 25 Cromwell Street, the pair were charged with sexual assault and murder and apprehended in 1994.
In November 1995 she was then sentenced to ten life sentences with a whole life order.
On conviction West, 41, was locked up in what was branded as 'Hell Wing' in HMP Durham, which held Britain’s most serious female prisoners, including IRA terrorists, sex offenders, arsonists and Hindley, who died from bronchial pneumonia at West Suffolk Hospital in November 2002 at the age of 60.
What happened to Rose West?
West and Hindley grew close in jail, bonding over their similar crimes, then had an affair, which cooled as, according to the new ITV special. they became rivals to be ‘prison royalty’.
This happened as West, now 66, continued to demand favours of her children, and tried to control their lives from behind bars.
She left Low Newton prison in June 2019 and was transferred to New Hall jail in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
It was was claimed the reason for the move was that fellow murder Joanna Dennehy had threatened to kill her.
It was reported that inmates at New Hall had been told to 'be nice' to West or face having their privileges taken away.
