A mother has pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of her two sets of twin sons who died following a house fire. Deveca Rose also denied cruelty towards the children, who were aged three and four at time of their deaths in 2021.
The 29-year-old, of Wallington, South London, is due to face trial at the Old Bailey on September 9. Leyton and Logan Hoath, aged three, and Kyson and Bryson Hoath, aged four, died after a fire at a property in Collingwood Road, Sutton, south London, at about 7pm on December 16 2021.
The children had been extracted from the “intense blaze” at the mid-terrace house by firefighters. They were given CPR before they were taken to two south London hospitals, where they were pronounced dead.
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Rose was subsequently charged with four counts of manslaughter and cruelty to a child under the age of 16. The defendant, who is on bail, entered her pleas on Monday during a hearing before Judge Mark Lucraft KC at the Old Bailey. The trial, which was put back a week to September 9, is due to take up to three weeks.
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