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Guilty of murder of woman and 3 children
Western Daily Press
|December 11, 2025
A WOMAN whose sister and her three children were killed in a "catastrophic" house fire in West Yorkshire started by her vengeful former partner has said their "futures were stolen" and that "even with justice, nothing will ever make this right".
Antonia Gawith had ended an abusive seven-year relationship with Sharaz Ali and was staying with her sister, Bryonie Gawith, when Ali, "motivated by jealousy and fuelled by drink and drugs", set fire to Bryonie's home in Bradford in the early hours of August 21 last year.
While Antonia managed to escape the fire, Bryonie, 29, and her three children, Denisty Birtle, nine, Oscar Birtle, five, and Aubree Birtle, 22 months, were trapped upstairs and could not be saved.
Yesterday, Ali, 40, was found guilty of murdering Bryonie and the three children, and attempting to murder Antonia.
This story is from the December 11, 2025 edition of Western Daily Press.
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