THE letters on these pages tell of a fairly tough childhood.
Little money coming in, a mum who was severely depressed and a violent, abusive dad.
Then there was a messy divorce, meaning the children of the dysfuntional home had a difficult start to life.
It is a story repeated time and again in broken Britain and thousands of children overcome the handicap.
But the writer of these letters is Rose West, and the mass murderer has the nerve to talk about her own "suffering" during her upbringing - while not once showing a hint of remorse for her evil crimes.
The whining House of Horrors monster - who killed ten people, including one of her own daughters - bleats about her treatment by her parents.
The Cromwell Street beast's callous claim is laid bare in the letters, penned to pals from prison and revealed today by The Sun.
It is a grim insight into the mind of the mum of nine, who was convicted of ten murders 15 years ago.
Among her victims eventually dug from their graves in and around the Gloucester terraced house were her daughter Heather, 16, and her step-daughter Charmaine, eight, who were also abused alongside many of their other siblings.
West's partner in crime, her evil husband Fred, 53, killed himself in jail in 1995.
In one of the letters obtained by The Sun, West, who was 57 on Monday, tells of her upbringing at the childhood home in Plymouth.
She whinged: "This for me was where it all started to go so very wrong."
The letters go on to moan about the conditions of her parents' post-war flat in the city's docklands and claim she was badly bullied at school.
In spidery writing, she whines: "School for me was a very painful experience.
"The bullies would wait in gangs for me every morning, lunchtime, playtime and hometime, smacking me across the head whenever they got the chance.
"And taking the mickey out of me because I was so attached to my brothers."
She rambles on, almost incoherently at times, "I told my family but they just said I was too 'soft' and that I had to learn to stick up for myself.
"The teachers were no better than the bullies.
"I could never remember my times tables so I was forever being punished.
"The humiliation of having my knickers taken down in front of the class and given the ruler or being constantly sat in the corner with a dunce's hat on my head.
"Being put at the back of the class - this was to show how 'stupid' I was compared to everyone else.
"And having my friends removed from the desk we shared all went towards my suffering.
"Money seemed even more in short supply than ever, with our mother always worrying about just how we were going to cope."
West's letter also describes in detail her happier memories of growing up and gives a glimpse of the child who would grow up to become such a feral, vicious adult.
She wrote about clambering over sites devastated by Second World War bombs and left derelict, and how the youngsters found their fun.
She recalled: "We were always after money for sweets.
"We would lift up the drains to see if money had got caught on the ledge that was just below the cover. We would find some sometimes! We must have seemed like little street urchins!"
And she writes about how her younger brothers and her were fascinated by the local place of worship.
The letter says: "On one of our walks we stopped by the church that was next to our school.
"We would stand and listen to people who was singing in it.
"One day I plucked up enough courage to go inside, it was great!
"We were welcomed with open arms and someone even gave us a penny to put in the collection plate."
In another of the letters West is returning correspondence to a woman named Tina.
She tells her: "You can expect some money to come to you - I would like you to use this to get a landline phone in place for us to have regular contact.
"Phoning you on your mobile isn't just about the money, it's about privacy!! Neither of us want unwanted attention from the Press.
"As for the Press attacking me, well, what can I say!! Life's a bitch.
"I have very little contact with the outside world so being able to phone you will make a huge difference to me."
The letters were written in 2008, when West was being held at Bronzefield women's prison in Ashford, Middlesex.
In September that year she was moved 250 miles to Low Newton jail in Brasside, Co Durham, after the discovery of a plot to attack her.
The self-pitying killer has previously claimed she had been sexually assaulted by a tramp as she played with her brothers on wasteland near her childhood home in Plymouth.
She told how the man had approached her as she played and tried to touch her.
West wrote: "I can still feel his hands all over my body now, going to those private places where strangers didn't belong."
West's gripes were last night dismissed by prison sources.
One insider blasted: "Plenty of people have tough upbringings but very few go on to become serial killers.
"This is just a blatant attempt by West to try to rationalise the horrific things she's done.
"There won't be much sympathy for her from people here."
Then there was a messy divorce, meaning the children of the dysfuntional home had a difficult start to life.
It is a story repeated time and again in broken Britain and thousands of children overcome the handicap.
But the writer of these letters is Rose West, and the mass murderer has the nerve to talk about her own "suffering" during her upbringing - while not once showing a hint of remorse for her evil crimes.
Sick ... partner in crime Fred killed himself in jail in 1995
The whining House of Horrors monster - who killed ten people, including one of her own daughters - bleats about her treatment by her parents.
The Cromwell Street beast's callous claim is laid bare in the letters, penned to pals from prison and revealed today by The Sun.
It is a grim insight into the mind of the mum of nine, who was convicted of ten murders 15 years ago.
Among her victims eventually dug from their graves in and around the Gloucester terraced house were her daughter Heather, 16, and her step-daughter Charmaine, eight, who were also abused alongside many of their other siblings.
West's partner in crime, her evil husband Fred, 53, killed himself in jail in 1995.
In one of the letters obtained by The Sun, West, who was 57 on Monday, tells of her upbringing at the childhood home in Plymouth.
She whinged: "This for me was where it all started to go so very wrong."
The letters go on to moan about the conditions of her parents' post-war flat in the city's docklands and claim she was badly bullied at school.
In spidery writing, she whines: "School for me was a very painful experience.
"The bullies would wait in gangs for me every morning, lunchtime, playtime and hometime, smacking me across the head whenever they got the chance.
"And taking the mickey out of me because I was so attached to my brothers."
She rambles on, almost incoherently at times, "I told my family but they just said I was too 'soft' and that I had to learn to stick up for myself.
"The teachers were no better than the bullies.
"I could never remember my times tables so I was forever being punished.
"The humiliation of having my knickers taken down in front of the class and given the ruler or being constantly sat in the corner with a dunce's hat on my head.
"Being put at the back of the class - this was to show how 'stupid' I was compared to everyone else.
"And having my friends removed from the desk we shared all went towards my suffering.
"Money seemed even more in short supply than ever, with our mother always worrying about just how we were going to cope."
West's letter also describes in detail her happier memories of growing up and gives a glimpse of the child who would grow up to become such a feral, vicious adult.
Dunce ... killer West says she was humiliated by teachers
She wrote about clambering over sites devastated by Second World War bombs and left derelict, and how the youngsters found their fun.
She recalled: "We were always after money for sweets.
"We would lift up the drains to see if money had got caught on the ledge that was just below the cover. We would find some sometimes! We must have seemed like little street urchins!"
And she writes about how her younger brothers and her were fascinated by the local place of worship.
Bullies ... Rose reveals she was targeted because she was close to her brothers
The letter says: "On one of our walks we stopped by the church that was next to our school.
"We would stand and listen to people who was singing in it.
"One day I plucked up enough courage to go inside, it was great!
"We were welcomed with open arms and someone even gave us a penny to put in the collection plate."
Where it went wrong ... inmate talks of her dislike for Plymouth
In another of the letters West is returning correspondence to a woman named Tina.
She tells her: "You can expect some money to come to you - I would like you to use this to get a landline phone in place for us to have regular contact.
"Phoning you on your mobile isn't just about the money, it's about privacy!! Neither of us want unwanted attention from the Press.
House of horrors ... the killers' home is now demolished
"I have very little contact with the outside world so being able to phone you will make a huge difference to me."
The letters were written in 2008, when West was being held at Bronzefield women's prison in Ashford, Middlesex.
In September that year she was moved 250 miles to Low Newton jail in Brasside, Co Durham, after the discovery of a plot to attack her.
The self-pitying killer has previously claimed she had been sexually assaulted by a tramp as she played with her brothers on wasteland near her childhood home in Plymouth.
She told how the man had approached her as she played and tried to touch her.
West wrote: "I can still feel his hands all over my body now, going to those private places where strangers didn't belong."
The killer claimed her parents later contacted police, but no arrest was ever made.
One insider blasted: "Plenty of people have tough upbringings but very few go on to become serial killers.
"This is just a blatant attempt by West to try to rationalise the horrific things she's done.
"There won't be much sympathy for her from people here."
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