Published by Robert L Senior Reporter on Sunday, 26th August 2024, at 11:45hrs
A mother and her three children sadly lost their lives in the fire which was started deliberately in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Detectives investigating a fatal house fire that sadly resulted in a woman and three children losing their lives have made further arrests.
In an updated statement released today, West Yorkshire Police said,
“Four more people have been arrested this morning (Monday, 26 August) in connection with the investigation into a fatal house fire on Westbury Road, Bradford.
Bryonie Gawith aged 29, and her three children – Denisty Birtle, nine, Oscar Birtle, five-, and 22-month-old, Aubree Birtle – died after their home was deliberately set alight in the early hours of Wednesday, 21 August.
A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempt murder following police enquiries in the Keighley area in the early hours of this morning. Two other people, a 54-year-old woman and a 42-year-old man were also arrested from the same address on suspicion of assisting an offender.
A 44-year-old man was then arrested on suspicion of murder and attempt murder shortly after 10am this morning after he attended at a police station.
Scenes are in place on Kensington Street and Alice Street in Keighley as enquiries continue today.
A 36-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of murder and attempt murder on Friday remains in custody at this time.
A 45-year-old man who was also arrested on Friday has been released with no further action and eliminated from the investigation.
A 39-year-old man who was arrested on Wednesday remains in hospital, where his condition is described as critical.
Detectives from the Homicide and Major Enquiry Team are continuing to appeal for anyone with any information in relation to the fire to come forward. Contact can be made by using Live Chat online or by calling 101, quoting Operation Pockliffe.
https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/LiveChat
Information can also be given anonymously via the independent Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111.
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