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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Callum Parke

Man accused of murder in Clifton flat blaze said fires ‘helped with stress’

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A man accused of murdering a mother and two children by setting fire to their flat told a psychiatrist that setting fires had “always been cathartic” for him, a trial has heard.

Jamie Barrow said that fires had “always helped stress” and that he was “mesmerised” by them taking hold, Nottingham Crown Court heard.

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