Woman whose ex killed sister and her children says their futures were stolen

Antonia Gawith’s sister Bryonie Gawith and her three children were killed when Antonia’s vengeful former partner Sharaz Ali set fire to their house.

A woman whose sister and her three children were killed in a “catastrophic” house fire started by her vengeful former partner has said their “futures were stolen” and that “even with justice, nothing will ever make this right”.

Antonia Gawith had ended an abusive seven-year relationship with Sharaz Ali and was staying with her sister Bryonie Gawith when Ali, “motivated by jealousy and fuelled by drink and drugs”, set fire to Bryonie’s home in the early hours of August 21 last year.

While Antonia managed to escape the fire, Bryonie, 29, and her three children, Denisty Birtle, nine, Oscar Birtle, five, and Aubree Birtle, 22 months, were trapp