Fred & Rosemary West

2. •West was born in 1941 into a poor family in Herefordshire and was the
second eldest out of 8 children.
•Fred admitted that his father had incestuous relationships with his
daughters, Fred’s sisters. Incest was an accepted part of the household
and Fred’s father taught him bestiality (Zoophilia) from a young age.
•On many occasions, West’s father said ‘Do what you want, just don’t get
caught doing it.’ A
•When Fred was 12, his mother began a sexual relationship between
them. A
•In 1958, West suffered a fractured skull and broken arm and leg from a
motorcycle accident. This put him into an eight day coma. His family
claimed that after this, he became prone to sudden fits of rage. Two
years after this he was unconscious for 24 hours after hitting his head in
a fall from a fire escape.
•At 20 years of age, West was arrested for molesting a 13-year old girl
and was convicted but escaped sentence of imprisonment. His family
disowned him after this. A

3. •Rose West was born in 29 November 1953 (1953-11-29) (age 56)
•She is now an inmate at HMP Low Newton, Brasside, Durham after being
convicted of 10 murders in 1995.
•Her mother suffered from depression and was given ECT while pregnant; some
have argued that this may have caused prenatal injury to her daughter.
•Rosemary was never good in school, and achieved minimal qualifications.
•Rosemary's parents split up when she was a teenager. She lived with her
mother before moving in with her father at the age of 16; her father was prone
to violence and repeatedly sexually abused her.
•Around this age she met her husband Fred West, even though her father
objected she continued their obscure relationship.
•She also periodically worked as a prostitute, as her husband Fred has ordered,
often while her husband watched. One of the most frequent visitors to 25
Cromwell Street was her father, by whom she had been abused from a young
age.
•When Fred was in jail for petty assault, Rose West killed his child, Charmaine
West.

4. •In 1962, West became re-acquainted with a former
girlfriend, better known as Rena Costello from her
prostitution. They married and Rena bore West a
daughter named Anne Marie and during this period West
worked as an ice cream van driver, during this time he
accidentally ran over and killed a four-year boy.
•Costello moved away from West while Anne McFall, a
friend of Costello, became infatuated with West. West
and Costello’s children remained with West although
Costello visited every few month.
•McFall fell pregnant with West’s child and eight months
into this, in 1967, she vanished. Her remains were later
found buried underneath his home.
•Costello returned to live with West, but left the following
year and left he kids in West’s care.

5. •The Wests' typical pattern was to pick up girls
from bus stops in and around Gloucester and
imprison them in their home for several days
before killing them.
•He then buried them under his patio or beneath
the cellar.
•Whilst the victims where imprisoned both Fred
and Rose West would rape and sexually assault
their victims.
•Alongside poor girls they did not know, they
sexually assaulted their children together.

6. •The killings of their children was ignited when Rosemary
killed Fred’s child from his former marriage. According to
Anne Marie, both sisters where frequently beaten,
however Charmaine infuriated Rose West because she
refused to cry.
•Together they both killed their child Heather Ann West,
after Fred raped her and filmed her numerous times.
•Fred West claimed he had not meant to kill her but she
had been sneering at him and he "had to take the smirk
off her face“.
•She told friends at school what had happened. On 4
August one of the friends told her mother and she went
to the police.
•This consequently led to their horrendous murders and
rapes coming to an end.

7. •On 6 August 1992, the police decided to investigate, eventually
leading to West being charged, with Rosemary as an accomplice,
with rape. She was also charged with child cruelty and the
remaining children were placed in foster care.
•Despite no one testifying for the rape, the police continued
investigating the disappearance of their daughter Heather. After
taking statements from social workers about the joke about "Heather
being buried under the patio" and the children themselves, they
obtained a further search warrant in February 1994, allowing them
to excavate the garden in search of Heather. They started searching
the house and excavating the garden on 24 February 1994.
•After West's arrest the following day, the police uncovered human
bones. He confessed, retracted and then re-confessed to the
murder of his daughter, denying that Rosemary was involved.
Rosemary was not arrested until April 1994, initially on sex offences
but later charged with murder. Further bodies were found and, on 4
March 1994, West admitted that he had carried out nine more
murders, including those of his first wife and Ann McFall.

8. •1967 Ann McFall The Scottish nanny and lover of Fred, who was eight months
pregnant with his child. Body found in Letterbox Field, near Much Marcle.
1970 Rena Costello Fred's first wife. Body found in Fingerpost Field, near Much
Marcle.
1972 Charmaine West, aged eight Rena's eldest child. Body found beneath 25
Midland Road, Gloucester
1973 Linda Gough, aged 21 seamstress from Gloucester.
Body found beneath 25 Cromwell Street.
1973 Lucy Partington, aged 21 university student, from Gloucestershire. Body
found
beneath 25 Cromwell Street.
1974 Carol Cooper, aged 15 schoolgirl from Worcester. Body found beneath 25
Cromwell Street.
1975 Juanita Mott, aged 19 from Newent, Gloucestershire. Body found beneath
25 Cromwell Street.
1975 Shirley Hubbard, aged 15 schoolgirl from Droitwich. Body found beneath 25
Cromwell Street.
1977 Therese Siegenthaler, aged 21 a Swiss hitchhiker. Body found beneath 25
Cromwell Street.
1977 - Alison Chambers, aged 17, originally from Swansea. Body found in
garden of 25 Cromwell Street.

9. Fred West died on the 1
st
January 1995
(aged 53) at Winson Green Prison,
Birmingham, England, UK. The cause of
West’s death was suicide bye hanging.
Rosemary West is now an inmate at HMP
Low Newton Brasside, Durham, after being
convicted of 10 murders in 1995.

10. ‘Do what you want, just don’t get caught doing it.’