Walkden fire: Pair sentenced for murdering four children in petrol bomb attack

Two men have been given life sentences for murdering four children with petrol bombs as they slept in their beds.The arson attack in Walkden, Greater Manchester, killed 15-year-old Demi Pearson, her brother Brandon, eight, and her sister Lacie, seven, on 11 December last year.Youngest child Lia, aged three, died in hospital two days after the fire despite being rescued with her mother, Michelle Pearson, who spent months in a coma and is still recovering from her injuries in hospital.