Sutton house where fire killed four boys was 20cm deep in rubbish, court hears

Deveca Rose is on trial for alleged manslaughter of her sons, who died after the blaze in south London in 2021

Four young boys living in a house strewn with rubbish and human excrement died hiding under a bed as their home went up in flames after their mother left them home alone to visit a supermarket, a court has heard.

Deveca Rose, 29, is on trial for the manslaughter of her two sets of twins, Leyton and Logan Hoath, aged three, and Kyson and Bryson Hoath, aged four, and child cruelty.