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At about 6.30pm on December 16 2021, she left the children unattended at the house in Collingwood Road and went to Sainsbury’s, jurors were told.
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She [Kate Lumsdon KC] told jurors: “A neighbour kicked in the door but the fire had taken hold to the extent that it was impossible to enter.
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“They [firemen] found the four boys under a bed in the upstairs front room. They were limp and unconscious.
“Firemen noted that there was rubbish all over the floor of the house and human excrement. There was a mattress and a door on the stairs.”
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A fire investigation found the blaze was caused by a discarded cigarette or upturned tea light candle near the sofa in the downstairs front room and spread by igniting rubbish on the floor.
[...]
She [Kate Lumsdon KC] told jurors: “A neighbour kicked in the door but the fire had taken hold to the extent that it was impossible to enter.
[...]
“They [firemen] found the four boys under a bed in the upstairs front room. They were limp and unconscious.
“Firemen noted that there was rubbish all over the floor of the house and human excrement. There was a mattress and a door on the stairs.”
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A fire investigation found the blaze was caused by a discarded cigarette or upturned tea light candle near the sofa in the downstairs front room and spread by igniting rubbish on the floor.
Court told tragic details of four children who died in fire surrounded by excrement
The children had not attended school for three weeks before the fire on December 16 2021
www.independent.co.uk