{"id":2309,"date":"2006-09-19T17:27:53","date_gmt":"2006-09-19T17:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2006\/09\/19\/arson-death-linked-to-relationship\/"},"modified":"2016-01-06T16:37:18","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T16:37:18","slug":"arson-death-linked-to-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2006\/09\/19\/arson-death-linked-to-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"Arson death linked to relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"A SIX-YEAR-OLD girl who was killed after an arson attack on her home was the innocent victim of an attempt to scare her brother into ending his relationship with a girl, a court has heard.<\/strong><\/div>\n

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Alisha Begum, (pictured right)<\/em> died in March this year after her family home in Aston, Birmingham was firebombed. <\/div>\n

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She was the only victim of the fire after her mother and brothers and sisters escaped the blaze after breaking a window to escape. <\/div>\n

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Hussain Ahmed, 26, of Harborne, and Daryll Tuzzio, 18, from Perry Barr deny murder and the attempted murder of nine of Alisha’s relatives.<\/div>\n

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The court was told Alisha\u2019s older brother Abdul Hamid, 21, had started a relationship with Mr Ahmed\u2019s 15-year-old sister Meherun Khanum.<\/div>\n

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But the girls family disapproved of the relationship.<\/div>\n

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The arson attack, prosecutor Adrian Redgrave claimed was a way to warn Mr Hamid into ending his relationship with the accused\u2019s sister.<\/div>\n

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24 hours before the arson attack, Mr Hamid had received a threatening phone call, the court was told. <\/div>\n

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Alisha, the youngest of 12 children was asleep in her bunk bed when a masked man burst through the front door and poured petrol in the hallway before lighting a match, Mr Redgrave said. <\/div>\n

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The blaze quickly spread up the stairs and family members were forced to jump out of windows to escape the raging fire.<\/div>\n

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Alisha was found by firefighters but died at Birmingham\u2019s Children\u2019s Hospital the next day. <\/div>\n

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Mr Redgrave also told the court two other men, Mr Ahmed’s brother, Mohammed Foaz Ahmed, and a close friend, Jabed Ali, were wanted in connection with the incident but had subsequently disappeared. <\/div>\n

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He added although there was no evidence that Mr Ahmed was at the scene of the attack, it was clear he had directed the attack. <\/div>\n

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The trial continues. <\/div>\n

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