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Article: Media frenzy as Rosemary West faces murder jury

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October 4, 1995
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WILL BENNETT

The trial of Rosemary West on 10 murder charges began in Winchester yesterday amid huge media interest but with the people of the ancient Hampshire city taking all the fuss in their stride.

The prosecution will not open its case against Mrs West, 41, until at least Friday and possibly next week because of legal submissions being made to Mr Justice Mantell, the trial judge.

Dozens of photographers and television camera crew were outside Winchester Crown Court yesterday as Mrs West arrived in a police van escorted by three motorcycle outriders after a two-minute journey from the city's prison. She is being held in the prison in a special unit made from seven cells in the ...

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