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Bodycam footage captures man who started fatal house fire smiling at police

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Man who killed mother and children after starting fatal house fire smiles at police in jarring bodycam footage

Chilling bodycam footage captures a man smiling after he started a fatal house fire at his neighbour's home in Nottingham, killing a mother and her two daughters.

Jamie Barrow, 31,of Clifton, set fire to the front door of the property in Fairisle Close while Fatoumatta Hydara, 28, and her children Fatimah, three, and Naeemah, one, slept.

As officers asked for his details following the fire, Barrow could be seen smiling.

On Monday (3 July), Barrow was found guilty on three counts of murder and one count of arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered.

He will be sentenced on Friday.

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