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One of Fred West’s victims has forgiven his wife for her part in their heinous crimes – and incredibly even suggests they could be friends.

In a remarkable act of mercy Caroline Roberts has written to Rose in prison.

Yet in a damning interview she revealed she will never forgive the police for her treatment after she was raped and tortured in 1972.

Caroline, now 58, said: “I have forgiven Rose West. I had to do that for my emotional recovery and I am glad I have. I wanted to write to her to tell her she has my forgiveness.

“I asked her once more to reveal what she knows about the murders. I think that would help a lot of people.”

But Caroline insists she will never let police off the hook.

“I blame them for the fact Rose and Fred didn’t get a prison sentence for what they did to me. I am certain that would have saved some of their victims.”

She claims when she reported the attack an officer accused her of crying rape and said she “clearly enjoyed sex” because she was not a virgin.

The Wests were eventually fined just £100 after being charged with a lesser charge of indecent assault.

Caroline said: “I have been through so much and it has taken me years to come to terms with it. But now I feel ready to say it: the police caused me more emotional distress than Fred and Rose ever did.”

She fell prey to the Wests after hitching a lift. As a 16-year old girl she was groomed by the pair who offered her a job working as a live-in nanny at their home, 25 Cromwell Road, Glos.

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It was only after she refused their sexual advances that they turned on her.

“Fred was always really pervy with me – talking about sex and such like but I got on well with Rose,” Caroline recalled.

“When she turned on me I remember feeling betrayed because the person who was helping Fred was someone I considered a friend.”

Caroline was subjected to 12 hours of abuse and Fred – who committed suicide in 1994 before standing trial – threatened to bury her under the patio, where his other victims were discovered in 1994.

She said: “I used to have a lot of guilt but now I can see that the way I was treated by police was unfair. May be they could have stopped some terrible things happening if they’d treated me differently.”