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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Katie Dickinson

Man killed ex-partner’s sister and children in ‘revenge’ house fire, trial told

Emergency services in Westbury Road, Bradford following the fire (Peter Byrne/PA) - (PA Archive)

A man who allegedly attempted to murder his former partner ended up killing her sister and her three children in a “catastrophic” house fire, prosecutors have told a jury.

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, a trial heard.

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