Sentencing of Sharaz Ali
Ali sentenced to die in prison for murdering woman and her three children
Mr Justice Hillard sentencing Sharaz Ali to die in prison for murdering a woman and her three children.
Ali deliberately set fire to the house in which his ex-girlfriend Antonia Gawith was staying in after she ended her abusive relationship with him. He intended to kill her.
Instead the fire killed Antonia's sister Bryonie and her three children. Antonia survived.
For this crime Ali, 40, has become one of just 75 or so criminals currently serving life sentences with no possibility of parole in the UK. He was also given on top of that 37 years for the attempted murder of Antonia.
His accomplice was also severely punished.
Multiple murders or the murder or murders of children are most likely to result in whole life tariffs.
From Scotland's Daily Record...