VICTIMS
but she wasn’t awake for half of it, so she has only just begun the grieving process.
“It took a long time for her to get her head around what happened. We’d have to remind her every day because of all the medication. She has accepted it and has started to grieve.” Michelle’s son Kyle, now 17, and his friend Bobby Harris also survived the fire after managing to climb out of a bedroom window. Manchester crown court heard how courageous Kyle grabbed a hammer and started smashing a living-room window in a desperate bid to save his family.
He also tried to force open the front door, jurors were told.
In May, two men were jailed for life for Demi, Brandon, Lacie and Lia’s murders.
Zak Bolland, 23, who had been involved in a “petty” feud with Kyle, was told he must serve at least 40 years.
David Worrall, 26, was ordered to
Investigators at house in 2017 serve a minimum of 37 years. Courtney Brierley, 20, was found not guilty of murder, but convicted of manslaughter in each case and got 21 years in a young offenders’ institution.
Now the grieving family are focusing on doing all they can to remember the children. They have invited the community to join them in Jackson Street at 6.30pm tonight to remember the four “angels” a year on from the attack. People are encouraged to bring candles to help them “light up the street”.
“The kids will love what we’re doing,” Sandra said.
“We definitely feel their presence.”