Article: Rosemary West on joint murder charge

ROSEMARY WEST appeared at Gloucester magistrates' court yesterday, charged jointly with her husband with the murder of Lynda Gough, a 19- year-old seamstress who disappeared in the city 21 years ago.

Frederick West, 52, a builder, faces nine further murder charges, including those of his first wife, Catherine, and his 16-year-old daughter, Heather.

Ms Gough's remains were found at 25 Cromwell Street last month, the eighth of nine women's bodies to be exhumed from the semi-

detached house, which is to be bricked up this week.

Mrs West, 40, sat with her back to the public gallery throughout the four-minute hearing. She smiled as she left after being remanded until Friday.

She is already ...

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