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| A teenager has been found guilty of killing a six-year-old girl who died in a fire at her home in Birmingham. | A teenager has been found guilty of killing a six-year-old girl who died in a fire at her home in Birmingham. |
| Daryl Tuzzio, 18, started the blaze in March this year in which Alisha Begum died. Nine members of her family managed to escape the fire. | Daryl Tuzzio, 18, started the blaze in March this year in which Alisha Begum died. Nine members of her family managed to escape the fire. |
| Tuzzio, of Sandringham Road, Perry Barr, was cleared of murder but convicted of manslaughter and arson. | Tuzzio, of Sandringham Road, Perry Barr, was cleared of murder but convicted of manslaughter and arson. |
| The jury acquitted a second man, Hussain Ahmed, 26, of Harborne, who was accused of plotting the fire. | |
| Tuzzio and Mr Ahmed had denied murder and nine counts of attempted murder. | Tuzzio and Mr Ahmed had denied murder and nine counts of attempted murder. |
| As Tuzzio was convicted his mother, who had claimed he was with her on the night of the fire, exclaimed in court: "Please God no, you have got it wrong, please God." | |
| A two-week trial at Birmingham Crown Court had heard that Alisha's brother Abdul Hamid, 21, had begun a relationship with 15-year-old Meherun Khanum, who is Mr Ahmed's brother. | A two-week trial at Birmingham Crown Court had heard that Alisha's brother Abdul Hamid, 21, had begun a relationship with 15-year-old Meherun Khanum, who is Mr Ahmed's brother. |
| Begum family members had to jump from a window to safety | |
| Prosecutors had claimed that Mr Ahmed had orchestrated the attack because he disapproved of the relationship. | Prosecutors had claimed that Mr Ahmed had orchestrated the attack because he disapproved of the relationship. |
| The trial also earlier heard that two other men, Mr Ahmed's brother Mohammed Foaz Ahmed and a close friend Jabed Ali, were still being hunted by police in connection with the arson attack. | |
| Shortly before 10 March a masked figure burst through the front door and sprayed petrol in the hallway before lighting a match. | |
| The flames spread upstairs and Begum family members had to jump from an upstairs window to safety. | |
| Alisha, who was in her bunk bed, was found by firefighters and died in hospital the following day. |