The Independent - London, May 17th, 1997
A Freemason who murdered four of his nieces and nephews in an arson attack after being abandoned by his wife was jailed for life yesterday.
Fred Heyworth, 59, shook visibly as a jury at Winchester Crown Court found him guilty of deliberately pouring petrol through the letterbox of the children's home and setting fire to it because his estranged wife was staying there.
"What evil brainstorm prompted you to act as you did we shall never know," the judge, Mrs Justice Steel, said. "This is a tragedy that will remain with you and with others for a very long time. The consequences . . . will live ...
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