Caroline Roberts has died of cancer at the age of 61
A nanny who worked for serial killers Fred and Rose West and survived one of their sickening attacks has died from cancer.
Caroline Roberts, 61, survived a terrifying attack by the twisted pair when she was just a teenager.
Family confirmed she died earlier this month after only recently being diagnosed with the disease.
Friend
Andy Jones, who runs the Crime Through Time museum in Littledean,
Gloucestershire, paid tribute to "brave" Caroline of many years.
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Caroline was employed as a nanny when she was a teen
"She was always a very brave, caring, much-loved lady and mother who
had survived appalling torture and abuse at the hands of evil serial
killers Fred and Rose West," he said.
"Caroline would never shy
away from telling her traumatic life story and always felt a strong
sense of guilt that she survived whilst many others did not."
Mrs Roberts, who was a key prosecution witness
in Rose West's trial, was abducted and sexually attacked at the
so-called 'House of Horrors' where she worked for them as a nanny in
1972.
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Rosemary West was convicted in 1995
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Fred West murdered at least 12 girls, including his own family members
She had been picked up by the couple when she was hitchhiking when she was aged just 17.
She
said she was haunted by the fact that if she had pursued a rape charge
against Fred West, it might have stopped some of the murders.
Speaking
in 2004, she said: "I felt guilty the other girls died. I wished I had
gone to court with the rape charge as Fred might have been locked away
for a couple of years and some of them could have survived."
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The West's 'House of Horrors', where Caroline worked
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Fred and Rose West abducted Caroline
Fred West killed himself in prison while awaiting trial on 12 murder
charges, while Rosemary was convicted in 1995 of murdering 10 young
girls and women.
Mrs Roberts, a mum of four, wrote The Lost Girl in 2004 in a bid to put the horrors of Cromwell Street behind her.
She said: "I did feel a lot of guilt and do wish I had done something , but writing the book helped me come to terms with everything.
"Now I don't think it's my fault. There's been a lot of tragedy in my life and I've always felt jinxed.
"Now I feel like a survivor."
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