Jamie Barrow: Triple murderer branded coward by grieving husband

A antheral who killed a parent and her 2 young daughters by mounting occurrence to their level has been branded a "coward" by her husband.

Fatoumatta Hydara and children Fatimah and Naeemah Drammeh died aft Jamie Barrow poured petrol done the letterbox of their Nottingham level and acceptable it alight, trapping them inside.

Aboubacarr Drammeh addressed him straight successful court.

He said Barrow's actions successful mounting occurrence to the family's level successful Fairisle Close, Clifton, successful the aboriginal hours of 20 November, had plunged him into darkness.

Barrow sat motionless successful the dock arsenic Mr Drammeh told him helium was "a coward who knew precisely what helium was doing and precisely erstwhile to bash it".

He said: "I was hopeless, and I was near helpless, due to the fact that I didn't person a family, and it was the radical who mattered astir to me.

"Since then, it has been a downward plunge into acheronian and the unknown.

"It was unthinkable, it was unplanned, and I privation this connected no-one else, including you."

Mr Drammeh, who was moving successful the US astatine the clip of the fire, was owed to instrumentality to the UK a week aft the blaze truthful the household could be an interrogation for their visa exertion astatine the US Embassy successful London, arsenic portion of their plans to emigrate.

Instead, helium flew backmost to the UK and spent his 40th day identifying his children's bodies successful a infirmary mortuary.

He said: "Two small angels, their lifeless bodies laying adjacent to each other. I held their acold hands. I wished I could power with them.

"Only Allah knows why. I person to judge and hole for the adjacent section of my life. All I tin accidental is I americium sorry.

"I was not there, I should person been.

"I had a work arsenic a begetter and a hubby to protect, that was my basal responsibility. I marque nary excuses.

"Because of you, and lone you, I failed successful my lone work arsenic a father."

Mr Drammeh added: "I person nary hatred to anybody successful the world, including you, your actions I hate, [but] you arsenic a quality being, no."

On Tuesday a assemblage unanimously recovered Barrow, who lived successful the aforesaid gathering arsenic the family, blameworthy of the murders and besides a number of arson being reckless arsenic to whether beingness was endangered aft the suspect had antecedently admitted manslaughter.

He had denied execution connected the grounds that helium thought the level was bare erstwhile helium lit the fire.