Serial killer Rosemary West, with husband Fred, who killed himself in prison, has received a Covid-19 jab in prison. Photo / AP
Serial killer Rosemary West, with husband Fred, who killed himself in prison, has received a Covid-19 jab in prison. Photo / AP
Fury has erupted after serial killer Rosemary West received a lifesaving Covid-19 jab ahead of millions of British citizens.
The now obese 67-year-old is serving life in an English prison for killing 10 people with husband Fred, including their own children, who were kept and tortured in Rose's gruesome sexdungeon.
Rose and Fred, who killed himself in his jail cell in 1995, were dubbed the House of Horrors Monsters after bodies were found entombed in their Gloucester house in western England.
Serial killer Rosemary West committed at least 12 murders along with her husband Fred West. Photo / File
Rose West, grossly overweight and with failing eyesight and limited mobility, was vaccinated ahead of frontline staff at her prison, HMP New Hall in West Yorkshire, UK.
Regarded as "extremely vulnerable" healthwise, West "suffered quite a bad reaction. There were lots of flu-like symptoms and she took to her bed" after she was vaccinated, The Sun reported.
West received the Astra-Zeneca vaccine, which is due for widespread rollout in Australia and other countries in a few months' time.
Other UK inmates vaccinated include disgraced pop star and convicted paedophile Gary Glitter, 76, who was immunised as part of the programme for Britons over 75.
Another murderer who has been jabbed is Katrina Walsh, 60, who is serving life for the 2016 stabbing murder of Lancashire PR consultant, Sadie Hartley.
Disgraced pop star and convicted paedophile Gary Glitter, 76, has been vaccinated against Covid-19 in prison. Photo / Getty Images
The Sun reported that news of Rose West's jab had angered British people, including those who were themselves vulnerable and were yet to be immunised.
"I'm auto-immune and been shielding since October and, no, I've not had a hint of when I'm getting the vaccine," said Angie Maddocks, of Essex.
Mark, of London, posted on Twitter, "I'm shielding … I'm in the top four groups to be vaccinated by Monday. Still heard nothing."
The Sun reported that West is paranoid about catching coronavirus, and spends much of her time alone at New Hall prison where she has been housed since 2019.
She has since paid to change her name by deed poll to Jennifer Jones in an effort to distance herself from her grisly past.
Rosemary and Fred West murdered at least nine women between 1973 and 1987 and she also murdered her eight-year-old stepdaughter, Charmaine, while Fred was in prison.
Fred committed suicide while awaiting trial after confessing to police he had murdered up to 30 people.
Rose was convicted of ten murders, sentenced to life and the House of Horrors, demolished in 1996, is now a public footpath.
