Donald Trump has been criticised for unwittingly retweeting an image of serial murderers Fred and Rosemary West after being pranked.

A Twitter user sent the business magnate a message claiming that the image was of his own late parents who always described Trump as a "big inspiration", asking for a retweet in their memory.

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The manually-retweeted message immediately went viral, with several Twitter users admonishing Trump for not recognising the couple.

Fred and Rosemary West raped and tortured several young women and girls between 1967 and 1987.

They killed at least 11 of their victims, including members of their own family.

The pair were arrested in 1994. Fred committed suicide before going on trial, Rosemary was jailed for life after being found guilty of ten counts of murder.

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