'My stomach was clenched tight. I knew there was no way I could swallow a single morsel. Playing in my mind was a slideshow of evil, fragments of memory, glued together by fear: Fred and Rose West dragging me off the pavement...'
Kathleen Richards was just 17 when she and her sister Deirdre found themselves on the doorstep of 25 Cromwell Street, Gloucester, seeking lodgings from a seemingly friendly local couple: Fred and Rose West.
Raised in poverty-stricken 1960s Dublin and abused from a young age, Kathleen sought escape in England.
At first, life there seemed better. But things soon took a dark turn: Fred began abusing her, with Rose's encouragement. And when fellow lodger Shirley Robinson suddenly vanished, Kathleen's world grew even darker...
Under Their Roof is a chilling true story of survival, resilience, and finding hope after unimaginable trauma.
