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| Neighbour admits killing mother and daughters in house fire | Neighbour admits killing mother and daughters in house fire |
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| Fatoumatta Hydara died two days after her daughters Naeemah Drammeh and Fatimah Drammeh | Fatoumatta Hydara died two days after her daughters Naeemah Drammeh and Fatimah Drammeh |
| A man who started a fire that killed his neighbour and her two children has admitted three charges of manslaughter. | A man who started a fire that killed his neighbour and her two children has admitted three charges of manslaughter. |
| One-year-old Naeemah Drammeh and Fatimah Drammeh, aged three, died in hospital after the blaze in Fairisle Close, Clifton, Nottingham, on 20 November. | One-year-old Naeemah Drammeh and Fatimah Drammeh, aged three, died in hospital after the blaze in Fairisle Close, Clifton, Nottingham, on 20 November. |
| Their mother, 28-year-old Fatoumatta Hydara, died two days later. | Their mother, 28-year-old Fatoumatta Hydara, died two days later. |
| Jamie Barrow, of Fairisle Close, admitted the charges when he appeared at Nottingham Crown Court. | Jamie Barrow, of Fairisle Close, admitted the charges when he appeared at Nottingham Crown Court. |
| He was also charged with three counts of murder but has pleaded not guilty to these, and is due to stand trial at the same court on 12 June. | He was also charged with three counts of murder but has pleaded not guilty to these, and is due to stand trial at the same court on 12 June. |
| The 31-year-old also pleaded not guilty to one count of arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered on Friday. | |
| Jamie Barrow has admitted manslaughter but denies murder | Jamie Barrow has admitted manslaughter but denies murder |
| An inquest opened in December and heard the victims died from smoke inhalation. | An inquest opened in December and heard the victims died from smoke inhalation. |
| Ms Hydara's husband, Aboubacarr Drammeh, was in the US at the time of the fire. | Ms Hydara's husband, Aboubacarr Drammeh, was in the US at the time of the fire. |
| Mr Drammeh was planning to move his family to Minnesota, where he works as a biomedical technologist. | Mr Drammeh was planning to move his family to Minnesota, where he works as a biomedical technologist. |
| He previously said he would never get over spending his 40th birthday, in November, in a hospital mortuary, adding "that was just so hard". | He previously said he would never get over spending his 40th birthday, in November, in a hospital mortuary, adding "that was just so hard". |
| Aboubacarr Drammeh and Fatoumatta Hydara, originally from Gambia, married in 2014 | Aboubacarr Drammeh and Fatoumatta Hydara, originally from Gambia, married in 2014 |
| He described his wife as "caring and very compassionate". | |
| She moved to Nottingham at the age of 14 with her Gambian parents, had worked for St John Ambulance and at care homes, and wanted to pursue a career in women's health, her husband said. | |
| Mr Drammeh said his three-year-old daughter Fatimah enjoyed playing and children's TV. | |
| "She loved nursery rhymes and when on FaceTime with me she'd make me do the 'head, shoulders, knees and toes' song," he said. | |
| He described daughter Naeemah, who turned one in July, as someone who also brought him a huge amount of joy. | |
| "They were both really happy children," he said. | |
| Tributes to the victims were left outside the flat in Fairisle Close in Clifton, Nottingham | |
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| Clifton | Clifton |
| Nottingham | Nottingham |