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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tom Wilkinson

Tributes paid to ‘bubbly’ teenager killed in suspected arson attack

The parents of a teenager killed in a suspected arson attack on her flat have paid tribute to their “outgoing and bubbly” daughter.

Emergency services were called to Leah Casson’s home in Vicarage Street, North Shields, North Tyneside, early on Monday and found the 18-year-old dead.

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