Man admits killing three generations of family in Northern Ireland house fire

Daniel Sebastian Allen pleads guilty to three murders and manslaughter ‘by reason of suicide pact’

A man has pleaded guilty to the murder of three members of the same family in a house fire in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

Denise Gossett, 45, her son Roman, 16, her daughter Sabrina, 19, and Sabrina’s 15-month-old daughter Morgana were all killed in a fire on 27 February 2018, at their home in Derrylin.

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