 Unexpectedly called to testify against Rosemary, Leach had a stroke in the witness box after falsely claiming that she hadn't signed a deal with the press to sell her story.She had, in fact, sold her story to the "Daily Mirror" and admitted this on returning to the witness box several days later, following treatment at a hospital.In 1997, Leach lodged a complaint with the Court of Appeal seeking the right to sue police for compensation on the grounds that she suffered posttraumatic stress disorder as a result of her work as an appropriate adult for Fred West.