Triple murderer Jamie Barrow has today been jailed for life with a minimum term of 44 years after being found guilty of the killings of a mum and her two young children in their own home.
Jamie Barrow, 31, torched his neighbour's flat in Fairisle Close, Clifton, Nottingham, in the early hours of last November 20, killing Fatoumatta Hydara and her daughters, Fatimah and Naeemah Drammeh.
The evil man had a "grievance" over rubbish being left in an alleyway, and watched the fire take hold while ignoring screams coming from inside, prosecutors told Nottingham Crown Court.
The trial heard he "walked casually away" from the fire and did "nothing to help" the family trapped inside, reports Nottinghamshire Live.
Barrow had admitted their manslaughter, accepting he was legally responsible for the deaths of the devoted family, who died from smoke inhalation and were pronounced dead at the Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham.
The children died in the early hours of November 20 last year after fraught attempts to save them by firefighters and paramedics. Mrs Hydara died two days later.
Chilling footage of the aftermath of the blaze was released by Nottinghamshire Police following Barrow's unanimous conviction on Monday, showing him smiling as he gave his details nonplussed as the emergency operation got underway around him to try and save the family who he had left to die.
As the fire spread in the flat, Barrow was seen going to and from his home to buy beer from local shops - and he was also seen smiling and chatting with a shopkeeper as he bought his booze.
The court heard Barrow used petrol from his motorbike and poured the fluid through their letterbox through a front door, which was their only means of escape.
The stairwell up to their tiny first-floor one-bedroom flat acted like a chimney to the thick black smoke which seeped into their home smothering them with the fumes.
Firefighters from stations across the county raced to the scene of the fire, as neighbours evacuated in their night clothes on the street, shocked by the scene of black smoke billowing from the upstairs windows of the family's home.
Barrow even asked one officer, wearing a body camera, "how bad" the fire was and spoke to two officers who were in the alley.
He said he lived in flat 19 and asked whether he could go into it to get a waterproof coat and, after being told he could not, he remained in the area, talking to police officers.
The court heard that, during interactions recorded by body-worn video cameras, he repeatedly said that flat 17, under his home, was unoccupied.
Even though he knew that Mrs Hydara and the children had been brought out of their flat by the firefighters, he did not ask the police anything about them.
And while the deaths of the two girls were certified, Barrow asked a housing officer what would happen if he could not return to his flat as a result of smoke damage and if he could be rehomed elsewhere.
The following morning, he contacted the police to say that he had lost his keys and later told his aunt there had been a fire.
During all his interactions with other people, he never mentioned he had started the fire and did not appear upset about the incident, as he avoided mentioning his neighbours.
Reading a statement outside Nottingham Crown Court after sentencing, Mrs Hydara's husband, Aboubacarr Drammeh, said he has "no hatred" towards Barrow even though he has shown "no remorse".
He said: "Barrow has yet to explain why he committed such ruthless and inhumane acts of murder and arson. Today is not a happy day for us.
"Barrow's sentence does not bring them back. However, justice has been done and he will never be able to inflict the pain he has caused our family on anyone else.
"This tragedy has caused an inter-generational trauma within our family which we are only beginning to understand.
"Our family had ambitions, hopes and dreams which because of Barrow can now never become a reality.
"But today is the first step in the long road towards healing and moving forward. We wish to thank everyone who helped us.
"Our focus now is on our healing process."
