Mother Found Guilty of Manslaughter After House Fire Kills Four Sons

Deveca Rose left her children alone in a squalid home, resulting in their deaths from a fire sparked by a cigarette or tea light.

Deveca Rose was convicted of four counts of manslaughter for leaving her two sets of twins alone in a locked house where a fatal fire broke out.
The fire, which occurred on December 16, 2021, in Sutton, south-west London, resulted in the deaths of Leyton and Logan Hoath, aged three, and Kyson and Bryson Hoath, aged four.
Social services had previously closed a case on the family despite concerns about Rose's mental health and the children's welfare.
Rose falsely claimed she had left the boys with a babysitter, a claim that was disproven during the investigation.
The family lived in squalid conditions, with rubbish throughout the house and unusable bathroom facilities, leading to further scrutiny of social services' actions.