Laughing happily and cracking jokes Britain's first heart transplant patient faced the cameras today. For Fred West the man who was given a new heart just over three weeks ago, it was his first meeting with outsiders since his operation. Until today only his wife and the medical team have been allowed near him. 28th May 1968 A very fit looking Fred West sitting on his hospital bed in his own special hospital suite at the National Hear Hospital in London today