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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Katie Dickinson

Woman who survived fire started by ex-partner says she ‘couldn’t save’ family

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

A woman tearfully described how she “couldn’t save” her sister and her three children as they were killed in a “catastrophic” house fire started by her former partner.

Prosecutors say 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, killing all four.

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