Overview
- Jurors heard Sharaz Ali rejected oxygen and fluids after being pulled from the blaze, before a doctor sedated him so treatment could begin.
- Police evidence said Ali suffered severe burns, with his care team reporting critical injuries and months in an induced coma at Leeds General Infirmary.
- Officers testified they broke down the back door to rescue Ali; Bryonie Gawith, 29, died at the scene and her children Denisty, 9, Oscar, 5, and Aubree, 22 months, were later pronounced dead at hospital.
- Calum Sunderland's interviews were read to the court, including claims he fetched petrol for a car, admitted kicking a door, denied involvement in the fire, and asked, "Why would I go kill kids?"
- Ali, 40, and Sunderland, 26, deny murder and attempted murder; prosecutors say Mohammed Shabir drove to and from the house, and he died of a heart attack last month while in custody.