Before he passed away, Harold whispered to his 10-year-old son Patrick, "Remember to be good” (Part 1 of 2).
THIS IS A CASE UPDATE. FOR MORE DETAILS PLEASE LISTEN TO SEASON 4 - EPISODES 27 TO 30. In the media, the crimes were referred to as The Babes In The Wood murders. The bodies of Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellows were found in woodland around Wild Park, a short distance from their home in Brighton. They had gone out to play together one day in October of 1986 but never came home…
“The prosecution say this was a persistent, very determined, very prolonged attack by the defendant. The prosecution say, quite simply, the defendant was a man who knew at all times what he was doing. His actions were clear and had one aim - prevent at all costs his wife leaving the house and seeking help” — Prosecutor Matthew Roberts, Swansea Crown Court, February 2021
“In the simplest of terms, assisted by her husband, she starved him to death, thereby securing for herself and her family the windfall she craved” - Oliver Saxby QC, Reading Crown Court, January 2020
One of the men reached into his pocket to get out the money to pay. He pawed at a wedge of £10 notes. The cashier noticed a large gold ring on one of his fingers and saw what she thought was blood above his knuckles. Maybe he had been fighting? The cashier then glanced up. There was no break in their polite conversation. The customer had not noticed her looking, or perhaps the shopper did not even know his hand was bloody...
PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 6 - EPISODES 1, 2, 3 & 4’ FOR THE PREVIOUS PARTS OF THIS FIVE-PART CASE. On Tuesday, November 21, 1995, after two days of deliberation, the jury had finally made some progress on the murder charges they were considering. There were 10 in all, but so far, jurors were only able to reach verdicts for 2 of them. The accused, Rose West, stood in the dock. Tears hung heavy in her eyes. It felt like the onlookers in the public gallery were in a state of suspended animation — no movement, no sound, other than the voice from the foreman of the jury... (Part 5 of 5)
PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 6 - EPISODES 1, 2 & 3’ FOR THE PREVIOUS PARTS OF THIS FIVE-PART CASE. Born towards the end of September 1941 to parents Walter and Daisy West, Frederick Walter Stephen West was raised in the rural village of Much Marcle, surrounded by green rolling fields on the border of the tranquil south-Herefordshire countryside. Both his parents were seen as pleasant, hard-working people. From the outside in, Fred’s life was idyllic — time spent playing in the fields where his father made ends meet... (Part 4 of 5)
PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 6 - EPISODES 1 & 2’ FOR THE PREVIOUS PARTS OF THIS FIVE-PART CASE. A great deal of anger in the media was directed at Rose West after her husband’s death. There was a sense that Fred West had escaped justice by taking his own life, and now, he would not have to answer for his crimes. The anger towards his widow was not tempered when it was reported that a unit of Winchester prison had been purpose-built for Rose while she would stand trial... (Part 3 of 5)
PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 6 - EPISODE 1’ FOR PART ONE OF THIS FIVE-PART CASE. Each passing day, the increasing crowd of bystanders observed scene-of-crime officers, carrying box upon box of evidence out of the garden of 25 Cromwell Street, their boots heavy with mud, marking the tarmac outside... (Part 2 of 5)
When asked if they wanted to visit the property on Cromwell Street, the jury were unanimous in their decision. They were transported to the scene by bus...