Aerial photos show police dig for Fred West s second victim as it enters its second day in back yard of cafe where 15-year-old worked in 1968 after her locket was found in killer s home
Mary Bastholm served in the Gloucester eaterie then called The Pop In and now called The Clean Plate
Cafe run by a domestic violence charity will be closed for weeks, perhaps even for good, if a body is found
TV company making a documentary about the unsolved case found evidence of a body in the basement
Sir Trevor McDonald declines to comment but he is understood to be making West documentary for ITV
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.
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.
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.