Waterford family were living in fear and tried to move before fatal arson attack

“I could hear screams like in a horror film – it will never leave my mind.”

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These are the stark words of an onlooker on the streets of the Birchwood estate in Waterford as a scene of devastation stood before them.

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Philip and Kim English, alongside their two children Callum (12) and Jayden (9), died following an arson attack on their house in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

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The family had been repeatedly intimidated, and their home targeted in connection with a drug debt – one that they themselves had nothing to do with.

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Now, four people are dead, and two children remain in hospital.

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A murder investigation is under way, and there is considerable fury amid the sorrow.

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On this episode of The Indo Daily, host Kevin Doyle is joined by Pádraig Byrne, senior journalist with the Irish Independent, to get the latest from Waterford.

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