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Heather were strained before claiming to the court that her daughter was a lesbian who had physically and psychologically abused her siblings. Despite these allegations, Rose stated she had loved her daughter and held no knowledge of her murder. Further questioned as to the contradictory explanations she and Fred had given as to
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bury her body beneath "the paving stones of
Gloucester". Fred then claimed he had killed hundreds of young girls, adding that Owens had primarily been brought to the house for "Rose's pleasure". He and Rose then calmly asked Owens whether she would consider returning to work as their nanny. Seeing her escape avenue, Owens agreed and vacuumed the house to indicate her belief in becoming an extended member of the family. Later that day, Owens escaped from a
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pregnant" and laughed while describing one victim's "grandfather glasses". Rose also claimed never to have met six of the victims buried at
Cromwell Street, and to recall very little of her assault on Owens. When shown photographs of the victims buried in the cellar and of victim Alison Chambers, and asked by Leveson whether she recognised any of their faces, Rose's face turned bright red and she repeatedly stuttered as she replied, "No, sir."
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Charmaine was killed; claimed that Fred and Rose had each learned from their mistake in allowing Caroline Owens to live; and said that the gag on victim ThĂ©rèse Siegenthaler evinced a "feminine" touch‍—‌a scarf tied in a bow. Leveson promised to demonstrate Rose's controlling and sexually sadistic character, as well as her efforts to deflect suspicion about the disappearance of their victims.
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severe punishment—almost always physical—being the penalty for not conforming to the household rules. The children feared being the recipients of violence from both parents, but Rose inflicted the vast majority of the abuse. The violence was sometimes irrational, indiscreet or just inflicted for Rose's gratification; she always took great care not to mark the children's faces or hands in these assaults.
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severely she was treated. Despite the years of neglect and abuse, Charmaine's spirit had not been broken and she talked wistfully to Anne Marie of the belief she held that her "mummy will come and save me". Anne Marie later recollected her sister repeatedly antagonised Rose by making statements such as: "My real mummy wouldn't swear or shout at us" in response to Rose's scathing language.
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Owens into their vehicle with an apology for their previous conduct and the offer of a lift home. Initially, Owens believed the Wests had been sincere in their apologies and obliged, believing she had simply mistaken their earlier intentions. Rose joined her in the back seat, with the explanation she wanted a "girls' chat" as Fred drove.
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and Rose forced Anne Marie into prostitution from the age of 13, telling clients she was aged 16. Rose was always present in the room when these acts occurred to ensure the girl did not reveal her true age. On one occasion when Anne Marie was aged 13 or 14, Rose took her to a local pub, insisting she drink several glasses of
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Charmaine and Anne Marie from social services. Rose's father made one final effort to prevent his daughter from seeing Fred, and Rose was examined by a police surgeon in
February 1970, who confirmed she was pregnant. In response, Rose was again placed into care but was discharged on 6 March on the understanding she would
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whereby he would take full responsibility for all the murders, many of which he had privately described to her as being "some of Rose's mistakes". Fred had further divulged that Rose had indeed murdered
Charmaine while he had been incarcerated and had also murdered Robinson. He had also confided that
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holiday village and on one occasion fabricated a phone call, supposedly from
Heather, to allay her siblings' suspicions regarding her disappearance. Fred would even taunt his children when they misbehaved by jokingly stating, "If you don't behave, you'll end up under the patio like Heather." This was
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February 1994. During her trial, Rose denied murdering any of the victims and insisted that her husband had committed the criminal acts alone. She also claimed to have tried to
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before he and Rose bound and gagged her with a scarf and duct tape. In her subsequent statement to police, Owens stated that, at
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her with Rose's active encouragement. After the rape, Rose explained to the child: "Everybody does it to every girl. It's a father's job. Don't worry, and don't say anything to anybody." Making clear these sexual assaults would continue, Fred and Rose then threatened the child with severe beatings if
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Prosecution witnesses included Cromwell Street lodgers; victims' relatives; Rose's mother Daisy and sister Glenys; and surviving victims including Anne Marie West, Kathryn Halliday (a former lover of Fred and Rose), Caroline Owens and a "Miss A" (who had been sexually assaulted at age 14 by Fred and
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The following morning, having noted Owens' screaming when one of his children had knocked on the door of the room in which she was restrained, Fred threatened that he and his wife would keep her locked in the cellar and allow his "black friends" to abuse her, and that when they had finished he would
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On one occasion, as Stephen was mopping the kitchen floor with a cloth, Rose accidentally stepped into the bowl of water he had been using. In response, Rose hit the boy over the head with the bowl, then repeatedly kicked him in the head and chest as she shouted: "You did that on purpose, you little
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A childhood friend of Charmaine's named Tracey Giles, who had lived in the upper flat of Midland Road, would later recollect an incident in which she had entered the Wests' flat unannounced only to see Charmaine, naked and standing upon a chair, gagged and with her hands bound behind her back with a
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Rose's parents forbade their daughter from continuing to date Fred, but she defied their wishes, prompting them to visit Gloucestershire social services to explain that their 15-year-old daughter was having a sexual relationship with an older man and that they had heard rumours that she had begun to
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Ferguson emphasised that Fred, before meeting Rose, had committed at least one murder strikingly similar to those at issue in the present trial, and that the prosecution's case was largely circumstantial. He contended that Rose was unaware of the extent of Fred's sadism and urged the jury to not be
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Rose occasionally sexually abused Anne Marie herself, and later took extreme gratification in degrading her with acts such as binding her to various items of furniture before encouraging Fred to rape her, or forcing her to perform household chores while wearing sexual devices and a mini-skirt. Fred
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in her hand; Fred was able to slam shut the door of the room into which he had run as Rose lunged at him with the knife, resulting in the knife embedding itself in the door, and three of Rose's fingers slipping down the blade, almost severing them from her hand. In response, Rose calmly wrapped her
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By 1977, Rose's father Bill had come to tolerate his daughter's marriage, and to develop a grudging respect for Fred. Together, he and Fred opened a café they named The Green Lantern, which was soon insolvent. Bill was also known to visit Cromwell Street to solicit his daughter's services. By 1983,
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her for their shared gratification. Fred later admitted that the specific intent of this abduction was the rape and likely murder of Owens, but that his initial incentive was to determine whether his wife would be willing to at least assist him in an abduction. On 6 December 1972, the couple lured
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Rose controlled the West family finances, with Fred giving her his pay packets. The room Rose used for prostitution was known throughout the household as "Mandy's Room" (Mandy being the working name Rose used when she was with her clients), and had several hidden peepholes allowing Fred—a longtime
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with both male and female lodgers within their household, and individuals Fred encountered via his work; she also bragged to several people that no man or woman could completely satisfy her. When engaging in sexual relations with women, Rose would gradually increase the level of brutality to which
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Rose had participated in the mutilation and dismemberment of Robinson, having personally removed her child from her womb after her death. In reference to the remaining eight murders for which Rose was charged, Leach testified that Fred had confided Rose had "played a major part" in these murders.
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to supplement the household income. To maintain a degree of privacy for his own family, Fred installed a cooker and a washbasin on the first-floor landing in order that their lodgers need not enter the ground floor where his family lived. Only Fred and his family were permitted access to the back
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the fact that Charmaine had died before Fred's release. In her later testimony at Rose's trial, Shirley stated that her two daughters had been playmates of Charmaine and Anne Marie when her family lived in the upper flat of 25 Midland Road in 1971. Shirley further stated that after her family had
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from the womb in the process. Found under the patio at Cromwell Street was the body of the Wests' daughter, Heather, who was murdered in June 1987 after being abused by her parents all her life. It is said that Heather began to tell her friends about the abuse occurring in her home. Barry, her
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in the room, allowing him to listen from elsewhere in the house. The room included a private bar, and a red light outside the door warned when Rose was not to be disturbed. Rose carried the sole key to this room around her neck, and Fred installed a separate doorbell to the household which her
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throughout the time they lived under Rose's care at Midland Road. Although Anne Marie was generally submissive and prone to display emotion in response to the abuse, Charmaine repeatedly infuriated Rose by her stoic refusal to either cry or display any sign of grief or servitude, no matter how
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portrayed the Wests as sadistic sex-obsessed murderers, terming the bodies discovered at Cromwell Street and Midland Road "more terrible than words can express"; " last moments on earth were as objects of the sexual depravity of this woman and her husband". He pointed out that Fred had been
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at Fred's caravan. In response, Rose was placed in a home for troubled teenagers in Cheltenham in August 1969, and only permitted to leave under controlled conditions. When allowed to return home to visit her parents at weekends, Rose almost invariably took the opportunity to visit Fred.
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Rose had given birth to eight children, at least three of whom had been conceived by clients. Fred willingly accepted these children as his own and falsely informed them the reason their skin was darker than that of their siblings was because his great-grandmother was a black woman.
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to the tape recordings of Fred's confession which had been played to the court on 3 November, in which he had stressed Rose had "known nothing at all" about the murders. Leach testified that through this role, Fred had gradually begun to view her as a
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or staying with friends; they were each beaten upon their return. Between 1972 and 1992, the West children were admitted to the casualty units of local hospitals 31 times; the injuries were explained as accidents and never reported to social services.
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salary at the bread shop. Several months later, Rose introduced Fred to her family, who were aghast at their daughter's choice of partner. Rose's mother was unimpressed with Fred's boastful and arrogant behaviour, and correctly concluded he was a
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and rape. The case was tried at Gloucester Magistrates Court on 12 January 1973, but by this date Owens had decided she could not face the ordeal of giving testimony. All charges pertaining to her ordeal were dropped, and the Wests agreed to
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Charmaine shortly before Fred's prison release date of 24 June 1971. She is known to have taken Charmaine, Anne Marie, and Heather to visit Fred on 15 June; it is believed Charmaine was killed on or very shortly after this date. As well as
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Rose in 1977, and who described Rose as the more aggressive perpetrator of the two). Neighbours described Charmaine's 1971 disappearance while Fred was imprisoned, and Rose's casual indifference to Heather's disappearance. Rose's counsel,
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younger brother, would later describe watching, as a seven-year-old, his mother kick Heather repeatedly about the head until she was no longer moving. The Wests told friends and concerned parties that she had left home to work at a
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at the time (Rose was on remand)—had formed a "friendship". Hindley denied the claims. Rose acknowledged that they knew each other from being on the same wing, but denied further speculation that the two were "having an affair".
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belt, as Rose stood alongside the child with a large wooden spoon in her hand. According to Giles, Charmaine had been "calm and unconcerned", while Anne Marie had been standing by the door with a blank expression on her face.
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when the younger woman enquired about the steady stream of men visiting her. When Owens herself became the recipient of the Wests' overt sexual advances, she announced her intentions to leave Cromwell Street and return home.
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Charmaine's body was initially stowed in the coal cellar of Midland Road until Fred was released from prison. He later buried her naked body in the yard close to the back door of the flat, and he remained adamant he had not
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to the reduced charges of indecent assault and causing actual bodily harm; each was fined ÂŁ50 (equivalent to ÂŁ619 in 2024), and the couple were allowed to walk free. When Owens heard this news, she attempted suicide.
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where he lived with the two children from his first marriage to Catherine "Rena" Costello, daughter Anne Marie and stepdaughter Charmaine. Rose became a willing childminder to Fred's daughters, who she noted were
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vacated the upper flat in April 1971, she had brought Tracey to visit Charmaine on one day in June, only for Tracey to be told by Rose: "She's gone to live with her mother, and bloody good riddance!"
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her for ten murders: those of the young women whose bodies were found at Cromwell Street, and of Charmaine West. Fred was charged with two further murders committed before his association with Rose.
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and a jury. An important early decision by the judge was to admit testimony related to the sexual assault of three women by Fred and Rose, accepting the prosecution's argument that it established a
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about having sold her story to a national newspaper for ÂŁ100,000, although she was adamant as to the sincerity of her testimony. While delivering this testimony, Leach collapsed and the trial was
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and whom she initially treated with care and affection. On several occasions in the early days of their courtship, Rose insisted she and Fred take the girls on excursions to gather wildflowers.
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and likely while intoxicated. When Rena's body was discovered, a short length of metal tubing was found with her remains, leaving open a possibility she had been restrained and subjected to a
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Owens, as Fred questioned whether she had had sex with her boyfriend that evening. When Owens began to protest, Fred stopped the car, referred to Owens as a "bitch" and punched her into
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to Mae June's chest until her rib cage was covered with light knife wounds. All the while, Mae screamed, "No, Mum! No, Mum!" as Stephen and Heather stood by, helplessly sobbing.
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into her partner's body. If the woman resisted or expressed any pain or fear, this would greatly excite Rose, who would typically ask: "Aren't you woman enough to take it?"
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ethnicity—recollects that when she asked why her mother had collected Charmaine but not her, Fred callously replied: "She wouldn't want you, love. You're the wrong colour."
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prior to her murder. The body was extensively dismembered, placed into plastic bags and buried close to a cluster of trees, known as Yewtree Coppice, at Letterbox Field.
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swine!" On another occasion, Rose became furious about a missing kitchen utensil, then grabbed a knife she had been using to cut a slab of meat, repeatedly inflicting
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and return to her family. Instead, Rose opted to live with Fred, resulting in her father forbidding his daughter from ever again setting foot in his household.
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she and Rose had entered and returned home. Although initially too ashamed to divulge what had happened, when her mother noted the welts, bruises and exposed
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clients were instructed to ring whenever they visited. Much of the money earned from Rose's prostitution was spent on home improvements.
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invariably sat alongside her at the same bus stop. Rose twice refused to go on a date with Fred but allowed him to accompany her home.
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hand in a towel and said: "Look what you done, fella. You've got to take me to the hospital now."
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323:Rose West was born Rosemary Pauline Letts in
3354:English people convicted of indecent assault
2103:Fred and Rose West- The House of Horrors 3/4
1180:"Serial killer's tortured Northam childhood"
1148:List of serial killers in the United Kingdom
1028:against her ten murder convictions with the
3196:She Must Have Known: Trial of Rosemary West
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3177:Rose West: The Making of a Monster
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2771:Boggan, Steve (6 December 1995).
2692:"Rosemary West drops appeal case"
2664:"West is refused leave to appeal"
2509:Bennett, Will (3 November 1995).
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1075:In 2019, she was transferred to
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3269:BBC report of West's conviction
3179:. Hodder & Stoughton (UK).
3154:Boyle, Karen (1 January 2005).
3095:. True Crime Library (London).
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3175:Carter Woodrow, Jane (2011).
1914:"More Questions than Answers"
1338:Varma, Anuji (10 July 2011).
1186:. 7 July 2011. Archived from
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3005:Roberts, Caroline (2005).
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3065:West, Anne Marie (1995).
3031:. Warner Books (London).
2168:"Surviving Fred and Rose"
1211:"The making of a monster"
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3194:Masters, Brian (1996).
2984:Cresswell, Kim (2016).
836:circumstantial evidence
705:Initial sexual assaults
445:terminate her pregnancy
3404:People from Gloucester
3374:English serial killers
3198:. Doubleday (London).
3135:Bennett, John (2005).
2746:"You're my best fiend"
2012:"Freed West Biography"
1269:Hodder & Stoughton
1128:Rosemary Jr. (b. 1982)
881:Winchester Crown Court
368:paranoid schizophrenia
341:prenatal developmental
88:Rosemary Pauline Letts
3215:If You Sit Very Still
3160:. SAGE Publications.
3139:. Sutton Publishing.
1042:HM Prison Bronzefield
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3114:. No. 1. 1996.
3071:Simon & Schuster
2961:Happy Like Murderers
2807:The Sun via NewsBank
1054:HM Prison Low Newton
1008:subjected Rose to a
889:pattern of behaviour
868:HM Prison Birmingham
794:subcutaneous tissues
72:An undated photo of
3329:Crime in Gloucester
3236:. Peter Grose Ltd.
2834:. 30 September 2001
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2574:Murder in Mind 1996
2497:Murder in Mind 1996
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1409:Carter Woodrow 2011
1190:on 10 December 2015
1184:North Devon Journal
866:While on remand at
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194:Span of crimes
21:Page version status
3419:Torture in England
2905:. 13 December 2009
2593:. 22 November 1995
2174:. 24 February 2004
1856:, 15 February 2004
1629:. 22 November 1995
1242:on 7 December 2007
1131:Lucyanna (b. 1983)
1113:Mae June (b. 1972)
1077:HM Prison New Hall
999:Lord Chief Justice
885:Mr Justice Mantell
809:actual bodily harm
543:her. A subsequent
529:Out of the Shadows
301:HM Prison New Hall
286:torture and murder
241:HM Prison New Hall
237:Imprisoned at
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3224:978-1-908363-02-2
3205:978-0-385-40650-5
3186:978-0-340-99247-0
3167:978-1-4129-0379-0
3146:978-0-7509-4273-7
3102:978-1-874358-24-4
3093:The Corpse Garden
3080:978-0-671-71968-5
3057:978-0-7472-1760-2
3038:978-0-7515-1322-6
3016:978-1-84358-088-1
2990:. KC Publishing.
2976:978-0-571-19546-6
2724:. 16 October 2016
2669:Independent.co.uk
2591:Ocala Star-Banner
2543:. 4 November 1995
2451:. 12 October 1995
2305:978-0-751-51322-6
2235:. 17 August 2017.
2221:. 6 October 1995.
2218:Independent.co.uk
2200:978-0-751-51322-6
1423:, pp. 88–89.
1278:978-0-340-99247-0
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