48 h. ago Fred and Rose West victim admits the killer 'seemed harmless' and 'a bit silly'

Kathleen Richards was just 17 when she fled 25 Cromwell Street together with her sister and her nephew, and has since recounted her harrowing experience with the killer couple

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49 h. ago Killer whales attacking tourists boats as crew members 'scared'

Crew members admitted they were left terrified after two separate instances of killer whales hitting boats filled with tourists were recorded within just minutes of each other

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50 h. ago 'I escaped notorious killers Fred and Rose West but the word evil didn't cross my mind'

Kathleen Richards was just 17 years old when she lodged at 25 Cromwell Street. She has now published a spine-chilling memoir about surviving the so-called 'House of Horrors'

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3 d. ago ‘I felt like the walls were closing in. All I could see was Fred West’s face’: how one woman escaped Britain’s worst serial killers

When Kathleen Richards rented a room at 25 Cromwell Street, she quickly realised the couple who owned it had a dark side. But even after their arrest, there was something about her 15 months at the house that she could never tell anyone – until nowKathleen Richards knows how lucky she is to be alive. In 1979, she woke up in bed to find the serial killer Fred West on top of her. It was by no means the first time West had assaulted the 17-year-old, but it was the last. This time, she managed to escape from the room she was renting at 25 Cromwell Street, perhaps Britain’s most notorious address, where Fred and Rose West raped, tortured and murdered so many girls and young women. Fred West took his own life in January 1995 while on remand, charged with 12 murders. Rose West was convicted of 10 murders later that year and is serving a whole-life sentence.In her own way, Richards has also been serving a life sentence. Today, she is a youthful, likable and traumatised 65-year-old. How...

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2 w. ago Lucy Letby's barrister admits he talks to nurse 'every week' and says convicted baby killer has 'new hope' as calls grow for case to be reexamined

Mark McDonald said in an interview how Lucy Letby's parents contacted almost a year ago and requested he take over from her previous lawyer and free her from prison.

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3 w. ago Katie Price and Peter Andre's ugliest TV row that broke marriage as Princess' show debuts

Katie Price and Peter Andre's non-stop bickering was always dismissed as a bit of harmless 'banter' by the couple

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3 w. ago Friend of baby killer Lucy Letby admits 'I feel so much guilt'

Despite being convicted acrosss two trials of murdering seven babies, Lucy Letby's childhood pal is convinced of her innocence, and she opened up about the 'guilt' she feels

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