Rose West 'given nickname by inmates after baking cakes behind bars to win approval'
It is understood the serial killer has also had no visitors in jail for years
Serial killer Rose West was given a new nickname after baking cakes for lifers behind bars.
The murderer, who is serving a whole life order, has been shunned by fellow inmates despite trying to make friends by baking treats for them.
Insiders told how Rose always has a guard by her side when she moves around prison, including visits to the chapel to pray.
It is understood she has also had no visitors in jail for years.
According to one insider, Rose was asked to wear a bright yellow jumper to highlight she was at risk from other prisoners who threatened to attack her and spit in her food.
She was even nicknamed 'Baker Rose' or 'Ma Baker' after baking cakes for inmates.
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'Canoe widow' Anne Darwin told in her memoir 'Out of My Depth' how she was mistaken for the mass murderer when she served time for fraud alongside her in Low Newton jail, in Co Durham, Mirror reports.
She said: "I was on the treadmill when I became aware of someone getting onto the machine next to me, so I turned to say good morning.
"But as I looked round, there was the plump and rather squat figure of notorious serial killer Rose West, with the usual attendant officer close by, just a few feet from me.
"She didn’t say anything, just stared straight ahead and carried on walking.
"I thought to myself, now there’s a sight you don’t see every day."
She added: "There was hatred among the inmates for people, like Rose, who’d been a part of such barbaric killings.
"Whenever she left her cell, a prison officer was always detailed to her for her own protection and, at least when she first arrived, she had to wear a bright yellow jumper or top to mark her out as a high-profile/ high-risk prisoner.
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"She was known as ‘Baker Rose’, because one day a week she was allowed to bake cakes on the wing.
"I went to the chapel whenever there was a Catholic mass, which was always on a Saturday, and occasionally Rose would turn up with her officer in tow."
Rose, now 71, was handed a whole life order for murdering 10 women and girls with monster husband Fred West.
She is understood to now call herself Jennifer Jones after changing her name by deed poll in 2020.
Rose is currently being held at the women-only HMP New Hall near Wakefield in West Yorkshire.
Her husband, who buried several of the victims at their home in Gloucester, killed himself while on remand at the age of 53.
The couple’s horrific crimes have come back into the spotlight after the release of new Netflix docuseries Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story.