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Family jailed over bully deaths | |
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A teenage bully and her parents have been jailed for killing the mother and father of a girl she taunted at school. | |
Michael and Jane Connor, with daughter Natalie, 18, plotted to pour petrol through the letterbox of Lucy Cochrane's house in Manchester. | |
Michael Connor set the home alight, killing Maureen and Alex Cochrane and injuring their daughter. | |
Connor and his wife, both aged 40, were jailed for life for double murder. Natalie was jailed for 11 years. | |
She was cleared of murder, but convicted of manslaughter, grievous bodily harm and arson. | |
'Campaign of harassment' | |
Michael and Jane Connor - who have been told they will serve a minimum of 32 years each - were both cleared of the attempted murder of Lucy Cochrane - a special needs pupil at Newall Green High School, Wythenshawe, who was 16 at the time of the attack. | |
The deaths of Maureen Cochrane, 45, and her 54-year-old husband, Alex, were described in an earlier court hearing as a "tragedy of epic proportions" motivated by "such a trivial and nonsensical cause". | The deaths of Maureen Cochrane, 45, and her 54-year-old husband, Alex, were described in an earlier court hearing as a "tragedy of epic proportions" motivated by "such a trivial and nonsensical cause". |
The jury was told the Connors had carried out an 18-month "campaign of harassment" on the Cochranes. | The jury was told the Connors had carried out an 18-month "campaign of harassment" on the Cochranes. |
The animosity stemmed from Natalie and Lucy, who had met at school and had fallen out with each other. |