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| Jamie Barrow: Man found guilty of murdering mum and daughters in fire | Jamie Barrow: Man found guilty of murdering mum and daughters in 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 killed his neighbour and her two daughters by setting their flat on fire has been found guilty of murder. | A man who killed his neighbour and her two daughters by setting their flat on fire has been found guilty of murder. |
| Fatoumatta Hydara, 28, died along with Fatimah and Naeemah Drammeh, aged three and one, after their home in Clifton, Nottingham, was set alight in November. | Fatoumatta Hydara, 28, died along with Fatimah and Naeemah Drammeh, aged three and one, after their home in Clifton, Nottingham, was set alight in November. |
| Jamie Barrow, 31, had admitted their manslaughter at Nottingham Crown Court but denied three counts of murder. | Jamie Barrow, 31, had admitted their manslaughter at Nottingham Crown Court but denied three counts of murder. |
| On Tuesday a jury found him guilty of the more serious charges. | On Tuesday a jury found him guilty of the more serious charges. |
| The trial heard Barrow had poured petrol through the letterbox of the family's flat, in Fairisle Close, on 20 November and set it alight. | |
| Jurors were told he was unhappy about bags of rubbish being left in an alleyway behind where he and the victims lived. | |
| Prosecutors said Barrow knew the flat's front door was the only way in and out when he set the fire. | |
| He had claimed he thought the property was empty but the court heard he did nothing when he heard screams. | |
| Ms Hydara and her daughters died from smoke inhalation. | |
| Barrow had admitted manslaughter but denied murder | |
| Prosecutors said Barrow had lit the fire using tissue paper and petrol from his motorbike. | |
| They said it would have been clear the family were inside because a pram was left outside the door and there was light coming from the hallway. | |
| Barrow was also convicted of one count of arson being reckless as to whether life was in danger. | |
| Some members of the victims' family, to whom Barrow apologised while giving evidence and who have packed the public gallery throughout proceedings, wept after the verdicts were delivered. | |
| He will be sentenced at the same court on Friday. | |
| Barrow had claimed he did not realise anyone was inside the flat | |
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