44 h. ago 'I moved into Fred and Rose West's house of horrors and saw chilling sign within minutes'

Kathleen Richards was just 17 when she moved into 25 Cromwell Street in Gloucester in November 1977, and was immediately subjected to the unwanted attentions of her landlord, serial killer Fred West

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44 h. ago 'I lived with Fred and Rose West and spotted something truly terrifying in my bedroom'

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: A woman who lived in Fred and Rose West's house of horrors as a teenager has spoken out about the moment she realised she was living with serial killers

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45 h. ago 'I moved into Fred and Rose West's home and immediately noticed chilling sign in bedroom'

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Kathleen Richards's first day as Fred West's lodger was marked by a sinister act that was a disturbing sign of horrors to come in her time at 25 Cromwell Street

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4 d. 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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4 d. 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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5 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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