Serial killer Rose West's health deteriorates in prison

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 16 Oct, 22:32 · Archive

Rose West, 72, is reported to be in declining health at HMP New Hall prison in West Yorkshire.

Serial killer Rose West, 72, is reported to be in declining health at HMP New Hall high-security prison in West Yorkshire, where she has been imprisoned for 31 years. According to a source in the jail, West can barely move and has been placed on a Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan (PEEP), a measure reportedly put in place for those with disabilities or health conditions that could impair their ability to evacuate safely in an emergency.

West was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1995 following her conviction for helping her husband Fred West commit at least nine murders between 1967 and 1987 at their Gloucester home. The source described her as being 'on her last legs' and suggested she does not have long left due to the state of her health, stating the fact that she has a PEEP in place demonstrates how poor her physical condition has become.

How it is being reported

• Serial killer Rose West, 72, is 'on her last legs and can barely move' as she is 'prepared to die in jail cell'Her health is said to have declined so much that she cannot move unaided and has a personal evacuation plan in place, since she cannot move without assistance.Daily Mail · 16 Oct, 22:12
• Serial killer Rose West, 72, 'doesn't have long left and is rotting away in her prison cell'Depraved serial killer Rose West is said to be deteriorating as she 'rots away in her cell' and can 'barely move' at HMP New HallThe Mirror · 16 Oct, 22:01

In this story: Rose West · Fred West · HMP New Hall · West Yorkshire · Gloucester

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