{"id":2313,"date":"2006-10-06T14:14:50","date_gmt":"2006-10-06T14:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2006\/10\/06\/teenager-guilty-of-girls-fire-death\/"},"modified":"2016-01-06T16:37:20","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T16:37:20","slug":"teenager-guilty-of-girls-fire-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2006\/10\/06\/teenager-guilty-of-girls-fire-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenager guilty of girl\u2019s fire death"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"A TEENAGER who set fire to a family home killing a six-year-old girl has been found guilty of manslaughter and arson at Birmingham Crown Court.<\/strong><\/div>\n

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18-year-old Daryl Tuzzio (pictured right),<\/em> from Perry Barr, Birmingham deliberately targeted the family home in revenge against 21-year-old Abdul Hamid who was dating his co-accused\u2019s 15-year-old sister. <\/div>\n

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He was cleared of murder but convicted of manslaughter and arson. <\/div>\n

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His co-accused Hussain Ahmed, 26, of Harborne, who was accused of plotting the fire, was acquitted by the jury. <\/div>\n

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Six-year-old Alisha Begum died in hospital a day after the attack on her family home. <\/div>\n

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While other family members managed to escape their blazing home by jumping out a bedroom window, Alisha remained in the house. She was found by firefighters and rushed to hospital. <\/div>\n

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The trial, which lasted for two weeks, heard the arson attack was an \u2018honour\u2019 related killing against 21-year-old Abdul Hamid. <\/div>\n

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Prosecutors claimed Hussain Ahmed plotted the attack after disapproving of his sisters\u2019 relationship with Alisha\u2019s older brother Abdul.<\/div>\n

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Despite warnings to put an end to the relationship, Alisha\u2019s brother refused.<\/div>\n

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The arson attack, prosecutor Adrian Redgrave claimed was a way to warn Mr Hamid into ending the relationship.<\/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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Det Sgt Stuart Kidd, of West Midlands Police, said after the conviction: \u201cWest Midlands police would like to say that this investigation has been a result of a vindictive and malicious crime that resulted in the tragic death of a young girl and a number of other members of the family suffering horrendous injuries.<\/div>\n

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\u201cMuch has been said and made of so-called ‘honour’ in circumstances surrounding this case. A right-thinking person will find no honour in what has occurred \u2013 only grief, tragedy and shame. There’s no winners here,\u201d he added.<\/div>\n

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Arson death linked to relationship<\/strong><\/span>
Six-year-old \u201cinnocent\u201d victim<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
Updated: <\/span>17:27<\/span>, <\/span>Tuesday September 19, 2006<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"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><\/span> <\/p>\n

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