Mr Humphries
22-11-2006, 08:11
EVIL Rose West has caused fresh outrage from behind bars — by living it up on gourmet food and entertainment.
Sickened insiders told yesterday how the mass murderer’s most recent banquet was of fine Italian cuisine.
The House of Horrors monster could choose from a menu including chicken supreme in tomato and garlic with olives and parmesan, or baked fish with asparagus, fennel and mushrooms.
The slap-up meal was rounded off with portions of tiramisu coffee pudding and cups of coffee.
Then West and 400 fellow inmates were serenaded by two Italian singers performing operatic arias to backing tapes.
The Italian Day at new Bronzefield women’s prison in Ashford, Middlesex, last week followed other themed days featuring Mexican and Jamaican food and entertainers.
One source at the £200million nick said: “The whole thing is a joke. The Italian menu would not have been out of place in a top-class restaurant.
“The food cost at least £1,000 and the two singers were hired for £800.
“But these women are in jail and are supposed to be being punished for their crimes.
“On the Jamaican day there were things like bread fruit and sweet potato and limbo dancers came in. On the Mexican day, there were all sorts of different bean dishes. The prison bosses said that this is all part of helping the prisoners ‘bond’ together. But most of the staff think it is just poppycock and pampering of prisoners.”
Another source at the prison said: “The authorities here say that these themed days are designed to help the inmates appreciate different cultures.”
West, 52, and husband Fred tortured and killed victims — including their 16-year-old daughter Heather — in a murder spree that shocked the nation.
Some of the hacked-up bodies were buried under the cellar floor at their home, 25 Cromwell Street in Gloucester.
Fred, 53, was charged with 12 murders but cheated justice by hanging himself in jail on New Year’s Day 1995. His wife was given a life sentence in October that year for killing ten women.
She moved to Bronzefield’s high dependency unit and became known for her love of grub and her cooking abilities.
West dons a pinny to attend regular cookery classes and shares her favourite recipes, including tuna bake, spotted dick and cheesy scones, with other convicts.
Last night Home Office chiefs insisted the cash for the food came out of normal catering budgets and the prisoners paid for the singers out of their jail wages.
UK Detention Services — which runs private Bronzefield prison — said: “The Italian Day was part of the prison’s cultural awareness programme, praised by the Chief Inspector of Prisons.
“The menu for that day cost the same as any other day’s food and the entertainers were paid for by the prisoners.”
Source: The Sun 22.11.06
Sickened insiders told yesterday how the mass murderer’s most recent banquet was of fine Italian cuisine.
The House of Horrors monster could choose from a menu including chicken supreme in tomato and garlic with olives and parmesan, or baked fish with asparagus, fennel and mushrooms.
The slap-up meal was rounded off with portions of tiramisu coffee pudding and cups of coffee.
Then West and 400 fellow inmates were serenaded by two Italian singers performing operatic arias to backing tapes.
The Italian Day at new Bronzefield women’s prison in Ashford, Middlesex, last week followed other themed days featuring Mexican and Jamaican food and entertainers.
One source at the £200million nick said: “The whole thing is a joke. The Italian menu would not have been out of place in a top-class restaurant.
“The food cost at least £1,000 and the two singers were hired for £800.
“But these women are in jail and are supposed to be being punished for their crimes.
“On the Jamaican day there were things like bread fruit and sweet potato and limbo dancers came in. On the Mexican day, there were all sorts of different bean dishes. The prison bosses said that this is all part of helping the prisoners ‘bond’ together. But most of the staff think it is just poppycock and pampering of prisoners.”
Another source at the prison said: “The authorities here say that these themed days are designed to help the inmates appreciate different cultures.”
West, 52, and husband Fred tortured and killed victims — including their 16-year-old daughter Heather — in a murder spree that shocked the nation.
Some of the hacked-up bodies were buried under the cellar floor at their home, 25 Cromwell Street in Gloucester.
Fred, 53, was charged with 12 murders but cheated justice by hanging himself in jail on New Year’s Day 1995. His wife was given a life sentence in October that year for killing ten women.
She moved to Bronzefield’s high dependency unit and became known for her love of grub and her cooking abilities.
West dons a pinny to attend regular cookery classes and shares her favourite recipes, including tuna bake, spotted dick and cheesy scones, with other convicts.
Last night Home Office chiefs insisted the cash for the food came out of normal catering budgets and the prisoners paid for the singers out of their jail wages.
UK Detention Services — which runs private Bronzefield prison — said: “The Italian Day was part of the prison’s cultural awareness programme, praised by the Chief Inspector of Prisons.
“The menu for that day cost the same as any other day’s food and the entertainers were paid for by the prisoners.”
Source: The Sun 22.11.06