Judge jails ‘cowardly monsters’ for life after they murdered mother-of-five, 37, and four of her young children in petrol bomb house attack
- Two thugs threw petrol bombs through 37-year-old Michelle Pearson’s window
- Horrific attack followed a petty feud and also claimed lives of her four children
- Zak Bolland, 26, and David Worrall, 28, were found guilty of the five murders
- Now Bolland has been sentenced again to 40 years and Worrall to 37 years
A pair of ‘cowardly monsters’ have today been jailed for life after they murdered a mother-of-five and her four young children in a petrol bomb house attack.
Michelle Pearson, 37, suffered 75 per cent burns after two thugs threw petrol bombs through the window of her house in Walkden, Salford, in December 2017.
The horrific attack, which also claimed the lives of her children Demi, 15, Brandon, eight, Lacie, seven and Lia, three, came after a petty feud between the attackers and the children’s older brother Kyle, 16, who escaped the flames with a friend.
Zak Bolland, 26, and David Worrall, 28, were found guilty of murdering the mother last month and were convicted of the four children’s murders in 2018.
Now Bolland has been sentenced again to 40 years and Worrall for a second time to 37 years, with a judge saying the mother experienced ‘unimaginable suffering’.
More to follow.
Michelle Pearson (pictured above), 37, suffered 75 per cent burns after two thugs threw petrol bombs through the window of her house in Walkden, Salford, in December 2017