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Prestatyn fire deaths trial: Jury sent home for night Prestatyn fire deaths trial: Jury resumes its deliberations
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A jury has been sent home for the night in the case of a woman accused of murdering five members of a family by setting fire to their home. The jury in a trial of a woman accused of killing five family members has resumed its deliberations.
Melanie Smith, 43, denies killing two adults and three children in Prestatyn. Lee-Anna Shiers, 20, her partner Liam Timbrell, 23, died with son Charlie, 15 months, and his cousins Skye, two, and Bailey, four, as a result of a fire at their Prestatyn flat.
It was alleged at Mold Crown Court the fire was started in a row over a pushchair being left in a shared hallway. Melanie Smith, 43, denies starting the fatal blaze last October.
Judge Mr Justice John Griffith Williams told the jury not to discuss the case overnight. Mold Crown Court was told the fire was started in a row over a pushchair being left in the shared hallway.
Lee-Anna Shiers, 20, her nephew Bailey, four, niece Skye, two, partner Liam Timbrell, 23, and 15-month-old son Charlie all died last October. The jury heard accusations during the three-week trial that Ms Smith, who lived in the flat below the family, threatened to burn Ms Shiers' flat.
The jury heard accusations during the three-week trial that Ms Smith, who lived in the flat below the family, started the fire in a row over a pushchair being left the shared hallway. The fire spread upstairs, trapping the family. Ms Shiers, her niece and nephew died in the fire.
The fire spread upstairs to Ms Shiers's flat, trapping the family and killing her, her niece and nephew outright.
Mr Timbrell and Charlie died later in hospital.Mr Timbrell and Charlie died later in hospital.