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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sammy Gecsoyler

‘There’s a fire here’: four young boys died trapped home alone, court hears

Kyson and Bryson Hoath and Leyton and Logan Hoath in winter coats and hats
Twins Kyson and Bryson Hoath, aged four, and Leyton and Logan Hoath, aged three. Their mother, Deveca Rose, is on trial for their manslaughter. Photograph: Metropolitan police/PA

Four young boys who died after being left alone in a rubbish-strewn home cried “there’s a fire here” as neighbours desperately tried to rescue them, a court has heard.

Deveca Rose, 29, is on trial for the manslaughter of her two sets of twins, Leyton and Logan Hoath, aged three, and Kyson and Bryson Hoath, aged four, and child cruelty. She is alleged to have left her four boys home alone with the doors locked while she went shopping at Sainsbury’s.

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