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Katie Dickinson

Man accused of murdering four in house fire ‘wanted to inflict maximum pain’

Emergency services at the scene in Bradford (Peter Byrne/PA) - (PA Archive)

A man accused of murdering his former partner’s sister and her three children in a house fire as part of a botched revenge attack “wanted to inflict maximum pain” and “didn’t care who was there”, a trial has heard.

Prosecutors say Sharaz Ali was “motivated by jealousy and fuelled by drink and drugs” when he set fire to the home of Bryonie Gawith and her three small children in the early hours of August 21 last year.

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