{"id":119090,"date":"2023-09-19T09:40:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T09:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=119090"},"modified":"2023-09-19T09:40:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T09:40:30","slug":"sicko-rose-west-had-chilling-reaction-to-being-told-killer-husband-fred-was-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/world-news\/sicko-rose-west-had-chilling-reaction-to-being-told-killer-husband-fred-was-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Sicko Rose West had chilling reaction to being told killer husband Fred was dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Serial killer Rose West&apos;s reaction to her husband&apos;s death sent a chill down the spine of a prison governor.<\/p>\n<p>Rose and Fred tortured at least nine young women to death in sick sexual games, while she also murdered her eight-year-old stepdaughter Charmaine while Fred was in jail. She is one of only two British women in modern times to have been subjected to a whole life prison sentence.<\/p>\n<p>But in prison, Rose was referred to by warders as \u201cAuntie Rose\u201d, according to ex prison governor Vanessa Frake. And she was a model of good behaviour, quietly knitting an endless scarf and making the occasional cup of tea for her jailers.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE: &apos;I was on Death Row and wanted to kill inmate when I found out what he did&apos;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><b>For more stories from the criminal underworld, keep an eye on Daily Star&apos;s other prison stories here<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p>At one point, Vanessa told podcaster Shaun Attwood, Rose even persuaded a prison governor to take her on a day out to Regent\u2019s Park in central London, and buy her an ice cream. Vanessa recalled the moment when Rose was told that her husband had killed himself in HM Prison Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30971075.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Screenshot_2023-09-18_at_161715.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Rose was housed in the segregation unit at Holloway Prison in North London, which at the time was being supervised by Vanessa. \u201cIt was New Year\u2019s Day about four or five o\u2019clock, when the duty governor came down,\u201d Vanessa recalled.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30971315.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_SWNS_WEST_BASTHOLM_002.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30700081.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_Lawrence-Bittaker-Trial.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Woman who&apos;s interviewed 50 serial killers reveals &apos;creepiest&apos; thing she was ever told<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They explained that they needed to see Rose, because they needed to give her the news that her husband had hung himself in Winson Green nick. Vanessa took Rose into the office, and the duty governor advised her to sit down, explaining that he had some very bad news for her.<\/p>\n<p>Expecting an emotional reaction, he sympathetically told her that Fred had hung himself in his cell. \u201cThere was just nothing, no emotion\u2026 there was almost a little bit of a twinkle in her eye\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30971328.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_SWNS_WEST_BASTHOLM_007.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30572005.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/1_Geoff-ThompsonBANNER.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> &apos;I&apos;m one of world&apos;s toughest men who can kill anyone \u2013\u00a0but bumping into paedo threw me&apos;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Vanessa got the impression that Rose thought her husband\u2019s death would mean that she wouldn\u2019t face prosecution for their crimes. \u201cI think that\u2019s what Fred thought too, that if he topped himself, Rose would get off scot free. And I\u2019m pretty sure that\u2019s what Rose thought \u2013 there was no emotion there at all.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Rose was \u201cas evil in her own right\u201d a Fred, Vanessa thought. She said people commonly believe that women can only be the passive partners in horrific crimes, but people like Rose, and Myra Hindley \u2013 who briefly had an affair with Rose when they were both in HMP Durham \u2013 are proof that some women can be just as evil as men can.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters <\/i><\/b><b><i><u>here<\/u><\/i><\/b><b><i>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/latest-news\/rose-west-chilling-reaction-being-30971064\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serial killer Rose West&apos;s reaction to her husband&apos;s death sent a chill down the spine of a prison governor. 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