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Fred West: Chances of finding missing girl s body in Gloucester cafe unlikely says West solicitor
The solicitor of serial killer Fred West s wife says he thinks it s unlikely the body of missing Mary Bastholm will be found in the Gloucester cafe being searched by police.
Leo Goatley told Sky News West was a fantasist who at times made admissions to inflate his notoriety, but he certainly did not make an admission about Mary Bastholm. I would think it very unlikely she was actually murdered or dismembered at the pop-in cafe.
Rose West’s former solicitor has told of rumours that Fred West used the disappearance of Mary Bastholm as a bargaining chip for prison privileges.
Evidence of a body was recently discovered at a cafe in Gloucester which police believe to be linked to Mary Bastholm, who went missing in 1968. Leo Goatley, solicitor and author of
Understanding Fred and Rose West, told Sky News of the difficulty police had in distinguishing Fred’s fantasies from reality. “One of the difficulties the police had was that Fred West was such a fantasist they had to try and work their way through the blatant lies and fantasies to get some of the facts and reality,” he said.
Fred and Rose West may have killed first victim as couple in sick initiation
Police are searching under a cafe for the remains of Mary Bastholm, who disappeared aged 15 in 1968. She has long been a suspected victim of the evil serial killers
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Sir Trevor McDonald and an ITV documentary team were the first to discover evidence of human remains linked to serial killer Fred West in a Gloucester cafe, it has been reported. The film crew uncovered evidence of a body buried in the cellar of the Clean Plate Café, in Southgate Street, which police believe could be connected with missing teenager Mary Bastholm. It is believed the team were filming a follow-up series to the 2019 documentary
Fred & Rose West the Real Story with Sir Trevor McDonald. It is understood the discovery came about when the team producing this documentary, which is being fronted by Sir Trevor McDonald, brought in ground-penetrating radar and sniffer dogs to look for human remains,” reported ITV News on Tuesday.