https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/rose-west-changes-name-break-23214472?utm_source=mirror_newsletter&utm_campaign=morning_newsletter2&utm_medium=emailRose West changes name to break with horrific past as she becomes Jennifer Jones
Rose West, 67, has changed her name to free herself of the ties to her now deceased and murderer husband Fred. She now goes by the name of Jennifer Jones, it is understood
By Dave Burke & Claire Gilbody-Dickerson
22:02, 23 DEC 2020Updated22:33, 23 DEC 2020
Evil murderer Rose West has changed her name in the hope of distancing herself from her House of Horrors crimes. The 67-year-old has paid £36 to change her name to Jennifer Jones. West, from Devon and who is serving a life sentence in prison, is understood to have changed her name by deed poll earlier this month as she told friends it's her way of moving on. But the decision reportedly infuriated fellow inmates at New Hall women’s jail, near Wakefield, West Yorkshire. A pal said: “Rose thinks the name will give her some anonymity but there’s a lot of anger about it. She’s chosen the new surname because it’s so common and the Christian name just because she’s always liked it. For her, it’s more about getting rid of any association to Fred for good.”
The Queen’s Bench division of London’s High Court will be registering West's change of name, the paper reports. Rose and now deceased husband Fred are two of the UK's most notorious killers, their catalogue of murder spanning two decades and 12 victims between them. Fred committed suicide in 1995, awaiting trial for 12 murders. Rose, meanwhile, is serving a life sentence after being convicted of 10 counts of murder in the same year. The news of Rose wanting to change her name comes after her youngest son was reportedly found dead in a hostel from a suspected overdose. Barry West, 40, had long battled drug addiction, nightmares and psychiatric problems, according to reports. He was just seven years old when he witnessed his parents beat his sister Heather to death at their home in Gloucester.
