A man who set fire to a house killing a woman and her three children aged nine, five and 22 months has been found guilty of murder.

Sharaz Ali, 40, was motivated by jealousy and fuelled by drugs and alcohol when he set fire to the house in Bradford at 2am on 21 August last year, a jury heard.

The prosecution said he intended to “take revenge” after his former partner, Antonia Gawith, ended an “abusive” seven-year relationship. Ali was also found guilty of the attempted murder of Antonia Gawith.

Gawith was staying at the home of her sister Bryonie Gawith. Bryonie, 29, and her children, Denisty Birtle, nine, Oscar Birtle, five, and 22-month-old Aubree Birtle were trapped upstairs and died in the fire.

Doncaster crown court heard Ali wanted to “inflict maximum pain” with the fire and “did

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