Jamie Barrow incomprehensibly set fire to his neighbours’ flat while they slept, saying fire had a calming effect on himUnknown to Fatoumatta Hydara and her two young daughters as they slept in their beds in November last year, their nextdoor neighbour, Jamie Barrow, poured petrol through their letterbox and set fire to it, before calmly walking away and taking his dog out. Their flat was soon consumed by flames. The children, three-year-old Fatimah and one-year-old Naeemah, along with their mother, died of smoke inhalation.It was an appalling crime, made even more incomprehensible as it also appears to be motiveless. Continue reading...
