Murder enquiry launched after fatal house fire in Wolverhampton

Police have launched a murder investigation after a woman was found dead after a house fire in Wolverhampton on Thursday (24 November). Neighbours alerted emergency services to the fire at the property on Mill Croft just after 10.30am, where the 80-year-old mother of the occupant of the address was found on the ground floor. A short time later, the occupant - 37-year-old Lisa Skidmore - was found in a first floor bedroom by emergency services, but despite the best efforts of paramedics