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Leicester 'botched revenge' arson killers jailed for life | |
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Two men who murdered a family of four in a "botched revenge attack" on their house have been jailed for life. | Two men who murdered a family of four in a "botched revenge attack" on their house have been jailed for life. |
Tristan Richards, 23, and Kemo Porter, 19, must serve minimum terms of 35 years and 25 years respectively for the death of Shehnila Taufiq and her three children, in Leicester. | |
Six others have also been jailed for their manslaughter. | |
Mrs Taufiq, 47, daughter Zainab, 19, and sons Bilal, 17, and Jamal, 15 died in the blaze on 13 September 2013. | |
The judge, Justice John Griffith Williams, described the group's actions as "atrocious crimes" and said the "premeditated and planned attack" on an innocent family "makes the offending even more heinous". | |
He said Shaun Carter, 24, Nathaniel Mullings, 19, Jackson Powell, 20, Aaron Webb, 20, Akeem Jeffers, 21 and 17-year-old Cairo Parker - convicted on Monday of manslaughter - were all influenced by Richards and Porter. |