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Rosemary Pauline "Rose" West (née Letts; born 29 November 1953) is a British serial killer, now an inmate at HMP Low Newton, Brasside, Durham, after being convicted of 10 murders in 1995. Her husband Fred, who committed suicide in prison while awaiting trial, is believed to have collaborated with her in the torture and murder of at least 10 young women,〔(BBC Article with detail of the 12 accusations. ) Retrieval Date: 14 August 2007.〕 many at the couple's home in Gloucester, England. Fred West is known to have carried out 12 murders. Rosemary West had no involvement in the first two. ==Early life and marriage to Fred West== Rosemary Letts was born in Northam, Devon,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Gloucester Police Media Information Pack )〕 to William Andrew and Daisy Gwendoline Letts after a difficult pregnancy. Her mother suffered from depression and was given ECT while pregnant; some have argued that this may have caused prenatal injury to her daughter.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Biography – Rosemary West on Crime and Investigation Network )〕 Rosemary grew up into a moody teenager and performed poorly at school. Rosemary's parents split up when she was a teenager. She lived with her mother and attended Cleeve School,〔http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jFodEFpOGwQC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Jane Carter Woodrow, ''Rose West: The Making of a Monster,'' Hodder & Stoughton, 2011〕 later moving in with her father at the age of 16 in Bishop's Cleeve, near Cheltenham; her father, a paranoid schizophrenic, was prone to violence and repeatedly sexually abused her.〔"As (Jane ) Carter Woodrow discovered, Bill Letts was a paranoid schizophrenic who bullied and beat his wife into depression and tormented and abused Rose and his other six children." 〕 At around this time, she began dating West who was living at Lake House Hotel Caravan Park, Stoke Road, Bishops Cleeve. Her father disapproved of the relationship, threatening to call social services and threatening West directly. Rosemary was caring for West's daughter Anne-Marie (by his previous marriage to Rena Costello) and his stepdaughter, Charmaine (daughter of Rena Costello and another man). West and Rosemary moved in together at the Lake House Hotel Caravan Park; Charmaine briefly attended Bishops Cleeve County Primary School on Tobyfield Road. However, by 1970, Rosemary became pregnant by West and they moved to Midland Road, Gloucester. Rosemary West and her husband were convicted of sexual assault in January 1973. They were fined for indecent assault of Caroline Roberts (née Owen), who escaped the couple's home after being attacked and reported them to the police. 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. Rosemary West also periodically worked as a prostitute, often while her husband watched.〔() 〕 One of the most frequent visitors to 25 Cromwell Street, now demolished, was her abusive father. She was often pregnant and was the mother of eight children. Five of these were fathered by Fred West, while three were fathered by clients she met through prostitution. It is reported that, even after Rosemary had given birth to her fourth child, her father William Letts would still visit her for sex. He was also reported to have raped Fred's daughter Anne-Marie.〔Burn 1998, pp. 225–227〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rosemary West」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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