Appropriate Adult

Appropriate Adult

Appropriate Adult is a British crime drama television film shown in two parts on ITV, on 4 and 11 September 2011. It is based on the true story of Gloucester serial killer Fred West and his wife Rosemary West. It dealt with the events between the Wests' arrests in 1994 and Fred's suicide in Birmingham's Winson Green Prison on New Year's Day 1995. The series stars Dominic West, Monica Dolan and Emily Watson as the protagonists of the story, Fred and Rose West, and Janet Leach, respectively. The series was named after the role of Janet Leach as an "appropriate adult" during the questioning of Fred West. The senior investigator wanted to ensure that there could be no suggestion that West did not understand any part of the process, so arrangements were made so that he had an "appropriate adult" present to ensure this at all times.

Year:
2011
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Fred West:
[after telling police he'd killed and buried his daughter Heather in the garden] I'm telling you now what I just told my solicitor - Heather is not in that garden. She's alive and well and possibly living in Bahrain. She's been recruited to work for a drugs cartel as a drugs runner. They treat her like a queen. She gets in touch now and again to tell me she's all right. She's using a false name. I have no idea what that is and I will not let her tell me. Now, whether or not you believe me in that is entirely up to you. But that's why you found nothing and you won't, not even if you dig till Kingdom Come. And I don't care how much money and time you waste, cos you wasted mine. Not just now but in the past.

Detective Constable Hazel Savage:
Because there were previous allegations.

Fred West:
There was nothing in them!

Detective Constable Hazel Savage:
Rape and buggery of two of your children!

Fred West:
Which was never proven. You had me remanded in prison, spat at by other prisoners, my younger kids put into care, where they still are - poor little lambs - trying to force me to admit that I assaulted them!

Detective Constable Hazel Savage:
[Overlapping] Trying to get to the truth, Fred!

Fred West:
You turned my house upside down...

Detective Constable Hazel Savage:
- And we'll do so again - and the garden...

Fred West:
- ?3,000 that cost me last __

Detective Constable Hazel Savage:
We'll keep on searching until we find Heather!

Fred West:
All because of some stupid remark about her being under the patio!

Detective Constable Hazel Savage:
That remark was made by your own daughter, Fred. Anne-Marie said it was a family joke...

Fred West:
A joke - there you are!

Detective Constable Hazel Savage:
- to social workers who, like me, have had concerns about your family for a considerable time.

Fred West:
You're the beautifulest woman in Gloucester, when you're angry, Hazel.


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