Two men deny murder after fatal Wolverhampton house fire

Two men have pleaded not guilty to the murder of a man in a fatal house fire in Wolverhampton.

Daniel Tatters, 25, from Basford in Stoke-on-Trent and Dale Francis, 36, of Clarke Street in Stoke-on-Trent are also accused of four counts of attempted murder and arson with intent to endanger life.

The charges are in connection with a fire at a house in Plascom Road in East Park, Wolverhampton, in the early hours of June 25, which was caught on CCTV.

Akashdeep Singh, 26, was trapped upstairs in the house with his mother and one of his brothers when the fire started and was rushed to hospital, where he later died.

Mr Singh's brother suffered a fractured back when he fell out of an upstairs window while their mother is still in intensive care in hospital.

Two other family members were also injured.

Today (11 October), at Wolverhampton Crown court, Tatters and Francis pleaded not guilty to all the charges against them.

They will both stand trial on a date yet to be fixed.

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