:00:00. > :00:14.Coventry teenagers who have Coventry teenagers who have
:00:15. > :00:16.And now the news for the East Midlands.
:00:17. > :00:23.Eight men have been convictdd of killing an innocent family
:00:24. > :00:26.after setting fire to their home in a botched revenge attack.
:00:27. > :00:28.A mum and her three teenage children all died in the bl`ze.
:00:29. > :00:33.Their house was targeted by mistake by a gang intent on avenging the
:00:34. > :00:38.A jury found two men guilty of murder and six of manslatghter.
:00:39. > :00:43.It's left a husband and father mourning the loss
:00:44. > :00:47.Today Dr Muhammad Taufiq was in court and spoke afterwards to
:00:48. > :00:56.My beloved wife and three beautiful children `
:00:57. > :01:00.I can say they were really extraordinary pdople.
:01:01. > :01:06.They had a strong concern for the welfare of others,
:01:07. > :01:13.They had devoted their lives to a dream to give to others `
:01:14. > :01:19.the needy, the less privileged and the misguided.
:01:20. > :01:26.The verdicts today brought an end to the search for justice
:01:27. > :01:28.for an innocent family caught up in what was described
:01:29. > :01:34.The case has lasted many wedks at Nottingham Crown Court.
:01:35. > :01:38.Sarah Teale reports on how those terrible and tragic events tnfolded.
:01:39. > :01:41.In the space of just seven hours, five people were killed
:01:42. > :01:46.in this small multicultural community in Leicester.
:01:47. > :01:48.It started with the fatal stabbing of footb`ll coach
:01:49. > :01:52.Antoin Akpom and it ended whth the deaths of an innocent f`mily of
:01:53. > :02:00.Dr Muhammad Taufiq was in Dtblin, where he worked
:02:01. > :02:06.Late that night, he had phoned, speaking to each member
:02:07. > :02:12.His wife Shehnila, his daughter 19`year`old Zainab,
:02:13. > :02:18.and finally his sons, 17`ye`r`old Bilal and 15`year`old Jamal.
:02:19. > :02:28.We were five in total and now I am left alone.
:02:29. > :02:32.I can only begin to try and imagine what it must be like to losd all
:02:33. > :02:38.He got home on that Friday morning to fhnd that
:02:39. > :02:41.his family had been killed `nd it's just incomprehensible how you would
:02:42. > :02:49.With the help of phone records and hours of CCTV, they werd
:02:50. > :02:52.building up a dossier of evhdence which placed eight of the g`ng
:02:53. > :02:57.All Antoin's friends, fuelled with anger and thoughts
:02:58. > :03:05.This was their intended target, number 52,
:03:06. > :03:10.the family home of Abdul Hakim, one of the men that they believed to
:03:11. > :03:15.Instead, they targeted numbdr 5 where, inside, asleep and unaware
:03:16. > :03:19.of the danger, were Shehnil` Taufiq and her three children.
:03:20. > :03:25.It so unfortunate that the situation had arisen
:03:26. > :03:29.like this over a situation that had nothing to do with the family,
:03:30. > :03:32.The jury rejected claims from 22`year`old Tristan Richards,
:03:33. > :03:38.a convicted drug dealer, that he wasn't even there.
:03:39. > :03:46.In fact, he was the one who bought the petrol.
:03:47. > :03:53.They unanimously found him guilty of four counts of murder,
:03:54. > :03:56.along with 19`year`old Kemo Porter, whose DNA was found on the lighter.
:03:57. > :03:58.They returned unanimous verdict of manslaughter
:03:59. > :04:02.Porter and Carter were capttred on CCTV casually buying
:04:03. > :04:07.a takeaway chicken burger a short while after the fire broke out.
:04:08. > :04:12.Also found guilty of manslatghter by majority verdicts ` 19`ydar`old
:04:13. > :04:19.Nathaniel Mullings, 28`year`old Jackson Powell `nd Aaron
:04:20. > :04:27.Webb, 21`year`old Akeem Jeffers and 17`year`old Cairo Parker.
:04:28. > :04:33.`` 20`year`old Jackson Powell and parent web.
:04:34. > :04:36.CCTV shows four of the men ` Mullings, Powell, Parker and Jeffers
:04:37. > :04:38.` wandering through Leicestdr after fleeing the scene of the bl`ze.
:04:39. > :04:40.Nathaniel Mullings was later caught on camera disposing
:04:41. > :04:43.During the course of this investigation,
:04:44. > :04:46.the men all claimed their innocence, changing their stories
:04:47. > :04:49.Tonight, they face lengthy prison sentences for taking four innocent
:04:50. > :04:56.lives in their mistake in their mistaken pursuit for vengeance.
:04:57. > :05:00.A woman has spoken of the shocking moment when the police told her that
:05:01. > :05:02.the remains of a murdered couple had been found buried
:05:03. > :05:07.The victims had been there for 15 years.
:05:08. > :05:11.But now Sue Bramley says shd has no intention of moving.
:05:12. > :05:14.Mike O'Sullivan has this exclusive report.
:05:15. > :05:17.Sue Bramley showed me the back garden of her rentdd home
:05:18. > :05:23.By the fence, she's planted the miniature red rose
:05:24. > :05:26.bush in memory of William and Patricia Wycherley, whose rdmains
:05:27. > :05:33.How did you feel when the police told you thdre were
:05:34. > :05:44.Came home and then all thesd people started to arrive in white suits and
:05:45. > :05:47.I was just so emotional, knowing I'd lived here all this time and been
:05:48. > :05:54.Today at Nottingham Crown Court the Wycherleys' daughter Susan Ddwards
:05:55. > :05:58.and her husband Christopher from Dagenham were sentenced to life with
:05:59. > :06:05.They shot the couple in 1998 and buried the bodies, then convinced
:06:06. > :06:09.neighbours and relatives th`t the Wycherleys were still alive
:06:10. > :06:13.They stole ?245,000 from thd couple, including pensions and the sale
:06:14. > :06:21.Christopher Edwards still c`me back to check the garden.
:06:22. > :06:25.Shocked to know that I've bden here and he's been coming into mx garden.
:06:26. > :06:30."Freaked out" probably was the word that came to my mind.
:06:31. > :06:35.Sue Bramley has no intention of moving out.
:06:36. > :06:38.She says she's had birthday parties for her daughter, now a teenager,
:06:39. > :06:47.That's your news, so it's goodbye from me.
:06:48. > :06:53.But with your weather now, here's Kaye.
:06:54. > :06:58.Four we've had a summary st`rt. Some warm sunshine and thunderstorms
:06:59. > :07:09.around. Still some heavy showers. Some clear spells towards the end of
:07:10. > :07:13.the night. A bit misty and lurky and another warm and muggy one with lows
:07:14. > :07:18.of 13 to 14. Tomorrow morning will start off dry and bright must
:07:19. > :07:26.sunshine around. We'll see cloud increasing through the afternoon. A
:07:27. > :07:31.cloudy and damp day tomorrow with temperatures up to around 20 or 21
:07:32. > :07:32.and as you can see from the outlook, it stays quite cool and clotdy for
:07:33. > :07:33.the rest Wednesday. Towards the end of The
:07:34. > :07:43.Week, it will be more unsettled Good evening to you. Well, for many
:07:44. > :07:50.of us, another fine day, a nice start to The Week, but not such a
:07:51. > :07:57.great end to Monday because across East Anglia and the south-east we
:07:58. > :07:59.had thunderstorms. Some big downpours, for example, over
:08:00. > :08:04.Cambridgeshire. Most of us missed that and it was a fine end to the
:08:05. > :08:07.day. Let's get on with the forecast. Tomorrow, more warm sunshine. It
:08:08. > :08:11.will be warm over the south of the country. If you live in Scotland, it
:08:12. > :08:12.will feel fresher. This