Pair guilty of murder after arson attack caught on CCTV

TWO men who launched a 'horrific' arson attack on a family home - killing a 26-year-old man and leaving his mother with life-changing injuries - have both been found guilty of murder.

- Sentinel Reporter

A three-week trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court was told Daniel Tatters was filmed by a security camera as he smashed and removed a bay window at the home of Akashdeep Singh, before using a flammable liquid to engulf the living room in flames.

Mr Singh died in hospital hours later after being trapped upstairs by the blaze at his home in Plascom Road, East Park, Wolverhampton, which the court heard may have been targeted by mistake.

Tatters and Dale Francis, who acted as a driver and look-out at the scene, were both unanimously convicted of murder, arson with intent to endanger life and attempted murder yesterday after jurors deliberated for more than nine hours.

CCTV played to the trial showed Tatters, who is from Stoke-on-Trent but of no fixed address, approaching the house carrying a container and hammering out the window before running away as a fireball filled the lounge.