Arsonist who murdered mom and daughters sentenced to life behind bars

A Nottingham man branded a “monster” by the mom of certainly one of his victims has been sentenced to serve life in jail, with a minimal time period of 44 years.

The sentence was handed down on Friday to Jamie Barrow, who poured petrol from his bike by way of the letterbox of his neighbours’ house earlier than beginning the hearth which killed 28-year-old Fatoumatta Hydara and her kids Fatimah Drammeh, three, and Naeemah Drammeh, one.

The 31-year-old, who was tried for homicide at Nottingham Crown Court on July 4, had claimed he was unaware mom and daughters had been house on the time of the crime.

While he had admitted manslaughter, Barrow was discovered responsible of three counts of homicide and one depend of arson being reckless as as to if life was endangered.

The devastated mom of Ms Hydara described the defendant as a “monster” and a “heartless human being”, including: “I would do anything to swap my life for theirs.”

Aboubacarr Drammeh, husband of Ms Hydara and father of the toddlers, mentioned the assassin “knew exactly what he was doing and exactly when to do it”.

Upon sentencing Barrow, Mrs Justice Tipples mentioned she did not settle for Barrow had proven “any genuine remorse” for his horrific motion.

She additionally mentioned: “Fatoumatta and her two small children were asleep in their beds in their own home.

“You knew they had been all house, asleep, and also you knew they’d don’t have any likelihood in any respect.

“Seconds after you lit the fire you heard the fire alarm in the flat go off. You did nothing.

“Seconds after that you just heard Fatoumatta screaming from the flat. You did nothing.

“Rather, you stood and watched the fire take hold, and you stood there watching the fire develop and spread for five minutes, which was an enormous length of time in the circumstances.”

The killer, relatively, sought to “minimise responsibility” for his motion, the choose additionally mentioned.

As Barrow was taken down, somebody within the gallery was heard shouting: “They should hang you”.

Little Fatimah and Naeemah had been pronounced lifeless at hospital shortly after the hearth had been ignited, on November 20 2022.

Their mom was admitted to ICU however died two days later from the results of smoke inhalation.

Barrow began the hearth due to a “grievance” over baggage of garbage being left in an alleyway, prosecutors claimed.

During the trial, the defendant mentioned he had drunk “seven or eight” cans of lager earlier than his assault.

After the hearth, he contacted the native council to see whether or not he can be compensated for the injury induced to his belongings by smoke – feedback Christopher Henley KC, mitigating on Barrow’s behalf, conceded had been “pretty grotesque”.

Barrow mentioned he was pushed to admit his actions to police hours later by “immense guilt”, telling them: “I need to tell you something about the fire next door.”

Following the sentencing, Suzanne Llewellyn from the Crown Prosecution Service mentioned: “Today’s sentence reflects the gravity of Jamie Barrow’s crime. We have reminded the court of his actions on the night last November and his complete disregard for what would happen to his neighbours when he set the fire.

“Through his self-centred actions, he took the lives of a mom and two younger kids with their lives forward of them.

“This was an offence that affected the whole community, but first and foremost our hearts go out to the family and friends of Fatoumatta, Fatima and Naeema.

“They have endured a lot, but they’ve behaved with dignity all through this harrowing trial. I hope that having the ability to see Jamie Barrow face the implications of his felony actions will give them some closure and allow them to rebuild their lives.”