How a seemingly ordinary girl became one of the most evil women ever

December 16, 2025December 14, 2025 by salah

However, multiple witnesses came forward to testify against her, including her stepdaughter Anna Marie, her mother Daisy, her sister Glenys, and Owens, who had survived one of the couple’s earlier attacks.

At one point during the trial, Rosemary West wept in the witness box as the evidence against her was laid out. The dark-haired mother of eight broke down in tears and said that she was ”sorry”.

Her defense team argued that Rosemary had no idea what was happening at home and had fallen under her husband’s influence. After all, she was just 15 when they met, and Fred West was already a married man and significantly older — making it easy for him to manipulate her.

The prosecution, however, countered that if Rosemary West was living in the same house as Fred West, she couldn’t possibly have been unaware of what was going on.

“He used to say it wasn’t a place for pregnant women or small children. He would just lock the doors and do whatever he was doing,” said Rosemary West, explaining that Fred West wouldn’t allow anyone into the cellar of their home.

Janet Leach, who had served as Fred’s court-appointed appropriate adult and confidant, also testified, disclosing that Fred had admitted Rose “played a major part” in the killings. She further explained that, before their arrest, the couple had agreed that Fred would assume responsibility for the murders.

After seven weeks in court, Rose was convicted on ten counts of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. She has consistently maintained her innocence, filing appeals that were ultimately denied.

The house at 25 Cromwell Street, where Rose and Fred carried out most of their crimes, was torn down in October 1996.

Rosemary West today

Now serving her sentence at HM Prison New Hall in West Yorkshire, she spends her time listening to music, playing board games, and teaching cross-stitch to fellow inmates.

Transfers between prisons have been frequent, including a move prompted by a discovered plot against her life.

The chilling Netflix docuseries Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story, which premiered on May 14, gave many viewers their first real look at the infamous case.

Anna Marie, the Wests’ oldest surviving child, was the only sibling to testify in court about the abuse she and her brothers and sisters suffered at the hands of Rose and Fred.

In May 2025, Anna Marie’s husband told the Daily Mail that she remains estranged from her siblings, even though they live nearby.

”It’s the siblings who live with the misery and pain of what went on in that house and the trauma is probably too much for them to have any contact,” he said. ”Even though some of them live near each other, they don’t speak or see eachContinue reading…