Wolverhampton resident spotted arsonists outside house 20 minutes after setting the fatal fire, a court heard
The arsonists who killed Akashdeep Singh and injured three of his family were spotted by an East Park resident watching their deadly fire 20 minutes after starting it, a court heard.
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Dale Francis, 37, and Daniel Tatters, 26, are on trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court charged with the murder of Akashdeep Singh, three attempted murders of three seriously injured family members and arson.
An East Park resident told the court they saw one arsonist run away from Plascom Road just as the family home went up in flames. Then 20 minutes saw a car matching Tatters and Francis vehicle attempting to drive past the burning home.
In a statement read to the court, the resident, who lives round the corner the East Park home set on fire and spotted something out of the ordinary in the early hours of July 25, last year.
They said told the court: "When the figure ran across the road they were about eight car lengths away from me. The way they moved I could tell they were up to no good. They were young because I could tell they were were very agile. There was nothing out of the ordinary about the way he ran except he was very quick. He looked at me, I could tell he was white but he was too far away to see any features.
