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Ffion Lewis & Annie Owen

Mum keeps children's clothes untouched in drawers and posters up on the walls after sickening arson which killed five members of her family

A decade ago, Steve Allen and Jonty Lewis' lives were ripped apart in an unimaginable tragedy. In 2012, a devastating fire claimed the lives of not one family member but five, including their daughter Skye, 2, and four-year-old son Bailey.

The siblings had been staying with their auntie Lee-Anna Shiers, 20, her partner Liam Timbrell, 23, and their 15-month-old son Charlie, when neighbour Melanie Smith set a fire in the hallway of their flat.

Ten years on and Steve and Jonty have never been able to fully recover from the atrocity. Parts of their home is stuck in time from when the children were still alive. Skye Allen's clothes have remained untouched inside a chest of drawers in her parents' bedroom. In the next room, posters that Bailey stuck on his bedroom wall remain, which his parents can't bear to tear down.

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