for an appeal to be heard. In September 2001, Rose announced her intention not to appeal against her convictions, while maintaining her innocence. According to the 2020 TV documentary Rose West & Myra Hindley: Their Untold Story with Trevor McDonald, Rose and Myra Hindley "grew close in jail, bonding over their similar crimes, then had an affair, which cooled as they became rivals to be 'prison royalty'." See also Philip Smith, fellow multiple killer who was a former neighbour of the Wests References Bibliography Further reading External links BBC report of West's conviction CourtTV Crime Library- Fred and Rosemary West Transcript of police interview 1953 births 1971 murders in the United Kingdom 1973 murders in the United Kingdom 20th-century English criminals 20th-century English people 20th-century English women British female serial killers Crime in Gloucester Criminal duos Criminals from Devon English female prostitutes English murderers of children English people convicted of indecent assault English people convicted of murder English prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment English rapists English serial killers Filicides in England Living people People convicted of murder by England and Wales People educated at Cleeve School People from Bishop's Cleeve People from Gloucester People from Torridge District Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by England and Wales Torture in England