Jamie Barrow was treated as a potential witness as police launched a full scale investigation into the fire at Fairisle Close in Clifton. Officers contacted him to speak with him as they carried out routine inquiries with neighbours, went through hundreds of hours of CCTV and forensic teams got to work on how the devastating blaze broke out..
They spoke with Barrow him at his tiny flat, which was next door to Fatoumatta Hydara's, where she lived with her two daughters, who all died from smoke inhalation after the fire he started.
The officers arrived at the defendant’s flat at about 5.25pm on November 21 and knocked on the door. Barrow, wearing a T-shirt with the words "That's enough", invited them in.
