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| Leicester fire deaths: Three men found guilty | Leicester fire deaths: Three men found guilty |
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| Three men have been convicted for their part in an arson attack that killed four people. | |
| Shehnila Taufiq, 47, daughter Zainab, 19, and sons Bilal, 17, and Jamal, 15 all died in a house fire in Leicester in the early hours of 13 September. | |
| Kemo Porter, 19, and Tristan Richards, 22, were found guilty of murder and Shaun Carter, 24, of manslaughter. | Kemo Porter, 19, and Tristan Richards, 22, were found guilty of murder and Shaun Carter, 24, of manslaughter. |
| The jury is undecided on five other defendants and the judge has offered to take a majority verdict. | The jury is undecided on five other defendants and the judge has offered to take a majority verdict. |
| During the trial at Nottingham Crown Court, the jury heard the attack had been part of a "botched revenge attack". | During the trial at Nottingham Crown Court, the jury heard the attack had been part of a "botched revenge attack". |
| Prosecutor Richard Latham QC said the men had intended to target the house of another man who they believed had stabbed their friend Antoin Akpom. | Prosecutor Richard Latham QC said the men had intended to target the house of another man who they believed had stabbed their friend Antoin Akpom. |
| The fire was started when petrol was poured through the letterbox and then lit. | |
| CCTV footage from the street on the night of the fire had been shown during the two-month trial. It showed eight figures walking towards the house and then three later running away. | |
| The jury is still considering charges of murder against Nathaniel Mullings, 19, Jackson Powell, 20, Aaron Webb, 20, Aaron Jeffers, 21 and a 17-year-old boy who cannot be named. | |
| The Taufiq family had moved to Leicester from Dublin to study theology. | |
| Their husband and father, Dr Muhammad Taufiq Al Sattar - a paediatric neurosurgeon - was working at a hospital in Dublin at the time. |