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Article: Rosemary West faces two trials Rosemary West fails to halt trial
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 8, 1995
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Rosemary West could face two trials following a decision
yesterday to split the 10 murder charges she faces from two of rape
and two of indecent assault.
However, an application to have the case halted altogether was
refused by Mr Justice Mantell at a pre-trial hearing at Winchester
Crown Court yesterday.
Mrs West, 41, the Gloucester widow of the alleged serial killer
Frederick West, arrived amid tight security at the court where she
will stand trial in October on the murder charges.
The judge told the hearing: "I have decided that the 10 counts
of murder be tried first and separately from the remaining four
counts, those remaining four comprising two of rape and two of
indecent assault."
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