Arsonist who killed Wednesbury pensioner guilty of murder
Gorrell had previously admitted three counts of arson in relation to three separate fires he set in Wednesbury in the hours after the house fire - in a bin near a pub, a commercial waste bin outside a pizza takeaway and a fire in a council waste bin in a nearby street.Brand said he was wearing "distinctive clothing" including a Chicago Bulls jacket, and a Nightmare on Elm Street T-shirt."Some of you may know that film, but for those that don't, I'm told it's a film where one of the central characters was burnt to death in a fire," she said.In the eight minutes it took for fire crews to arrive, the wheelie bin fire had spread to the house and into the hallway.Mr Edwards was semi-conscious and had suffered severe burns to his face, arms, legs and feet when he was rescued from the ground floor, the court heard. Carl Edwards had managed to climb out of a first-floor window and suffered from smoke inhalation.Mark Edwards was found in an upstairs bedroom and had severe burns to his hands, feet, face and eyes, while Mrs Edwards was semi-conscious and paramedics feared she would go into cardiac arrest.
