A man has been charged with murder after a house fire killed a mother and her three children.
Sharaz Ali, 39 of no fixed abode, Bradford has been charged with four counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.
Bryonie Gawith, 29, and her children Denisty Birtle, nine, Oscar Birtle, five, and 22-month-old Aubree Birtle, died in the house fire in Bradford, on August 21 last year.
Ali is set to appear at Bradford Magistrates Court this morning.
Emergency services in Westbury Road, Bradford
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Emergency services in Westbury Road, Bradford, following a house fire
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Emergency services in Westbury Road, Bradford, following a house fire
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Ali is the third person to be charged in connection with the house fire. Last week, Calum Sunderland and Mohammed Shabir appeared at Bradford Crown Court for a mention hearing. The pair have denied four counts of murder.
A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said: "Detectives investigating a house fire in Bradford in which a mother and her three children died have charged a third man with murder.
"Sharaz Ali, 39 of no fixed abode, has been charged with four counts of murder and one count of attempt murder.
"He’s been summonsed to appear at Bradford Magistrates Court this morning (Monday, March 3). The charges relate to the fatal house fire on Westbury Road on 21 August 2024."
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Ali was seriously injured in the fire and subsequently spent time in a coma.
A court was told last week that Ali had initially not been expected to survive the fire.
However, that there had been a "marked" improvement in his condition following the turn of the year.
Another woman, Antonia Gawith, suffered injuries in the fire.
