The prison secrets of Rose West and Myra Hindley look set to be unearthed in a new ITV special about the infamous female criminals.
Rose West & Myra Hindley: Their Untold Story, which will air on the channel this Monday night, will see famous news anchor Sir Trevor McDonald shed fresh light on both Hindley and West’s psychology and criminal behaviour whilst behind bars.
Moors murderess Hindley was considered the most wicked woman in Britain for killing five children in the 1960s, with her lover Ian Brady.
Equally notorious, West was found guilty of ten equally terrible murders, with her husband, Fred West, including killing her own daughter.
On conviction West, 41, was locked up in what was branded as 'Hell Wing' in HMP Durham, which held Britain’s most serious female prisoners, including IRA terrorists, sex offenders, arsonists and Hindley.
With a host of exclusive contributors, including former Category A prisoners, the programme reveals how West and Hindley grew close in jail, bonding over their similar crimes, then had an affair, which cooled as they became rivals to be ‘prison royalty’.
The hour-long show will detail how Hindley continued to manipulate people from behind bars just as she deceived the children she abducted, even persuading a nun turned prison guard to help her escape.
Hindley died from bronchial pneumonia at West Suffolk Hospital in November 2002. Such was the strength of feeling more than 35 years after the murders that a reported 20 local undertakers refused to handle her cremation.
Meanwhile West, continued to demand favours of her children, and tried to control their lives from behind bars.
She left Low Newton on June 13 last year and was transferred to New Hall jail in Wakefield, West Yorkshire after it was claimed that fellow murder Joanna Dennehy had threatened to kill her.
It was reported that inmates at New Hall had been told to 'be nice' to West, now 66, or face having their privileges taken away.
According to The Mirror, a source said: "They've been told that physical and verbal threats will not be tolerated and could result in a loss of privileges.
"They want West to settle as well as she can and they don't want her getting upset and self-harming or even worse.
"Despite what she has done, it is a traumatic experience when prisoners change jails and the bosses want West's transition to go as smoothly as possible."
