The family of four young boys who died in a house fire after being left alone by their mother has spoken of a three-year ordeal of 'lies, delays and false narrative' following the tragedy. Twins Bryson, Kyson, Logan and Leyton, aged four and three, died in fear and suffering after their mother Deveca Rose left them in a locked terraced house that caught fire on 16 December 2021.
Rose, 30, was jailed for 10 years at the Old Bailey. Speaking outside court, the boys' step-grandmother Kerrie Hoath said justice had been done, adding: 'The disregard she showed towards our boys has been echoed throughout this whole trial as our family had to endure three years of lies, delays and false narratives.'
In a statement read to the court, the boys' father Dalton Hoath described the day he lost his sons as 'the worst day of my life'. He said: 'To be called to a house fire, being told your sons are in there and then having to see their tiny bodies at the hospital, afraid to touch them – they were very fragile.' He added that he had been 'close to jumping off a bridge many times' but was supported by his family.
The children's grandfather Jason Hoath told the court he was 'broken', saying: 'To see that house in an inferno and know four little ones were in there waiting to be rescued was just too painful to describe.' The family thanked the jury for seeing past speculation about the cause of the fire and delivering a true verdict.
