Four children died in ‘feud’ firebombing

♦ Four sleeping children died when their house was torched just hours after the family warned police of the attack, a court heard.

Zak Bolland, 23, was in a longrunning feud with Kyle Pearson, 16, the victims’ brother, a jury at Manchester Crown Court was told.

Bolland and David Worrall, 25, tossed two lit petrol bombs into the house in Walkden, Greater Manchester, in December, it is alleged. Demi, 15, Brandon, 8, Lacie, 7 and Lia Pearson, 3, all died. Hour hours before the fire, Bolland and Worrall shouted: “All your family’s getting it, they’re all gonna die.”

Bolland, Courtney Brierley, 20, his girlfriend, and Worrall all deny charges of murder. The trial continues.