- A 24-year-old man, two 19-year-old men and a 16-year-old appear in court
- Each face four charges of murder in connection to deadly house fire
- Shehnila Taufiq and her children Jamal, Bilal, and Zainab were killed in fire
By James Rush
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Three men and a youth have appeared in court charged with murder over a house fire which killed four members of the same family.
Shaun Carter, 24, Jackson Powell, 19, and Nathaniel Mullings, also 19, all appeared alongside a 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, at Leicester Magistrates' Court.
They each face four charges of murder in relation to a deadly house fire in the Wood Hill area of Leicester in the early hours of Friday, September 13.
Bilal Taufiq Sattar (left) and his brother Jamal (right) died with their sister Zainab and their mother Shehnila Taufiq in the house fire. Four people have now appeared in court charged with murder
The deadly house fire took place in the Wood Hill area of Leicester in the early hours of Friday, September 13
Shehnila Taufiq, 47, her daughter Zainab, 19, and sons Bilal, 17, and Jamil, 15, were all killed in the blaze.
The four defendants were remanded in custody for a bail hearing on Tuesday, with a plea and case management hearing due to take place at the city's crown court on October 12.
Two men, aged 20 and 19, remain in police custody after being arrested in connection with the fire.
Separately, Kemo Porter, 18, has already been charged with four counts of murder in relation to the blaze and is due to appear back at the crown court next week.
The four defendants were remanded in custody for a bail hearing on Tuesday
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