Staffordshire of Peace
A 31-year-old woman and a 13-year-old girl were forced to leap from an upstairs window after sustaining severe injuries as their home was set ablaze in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Emergency services were summoned to Beverley Drive, in the Bentilee area of the city, after a gang of men doused the property with petrol and ignited it.
The mother, who was also struck on the head as well as being set alight, sustained 65 per cent burns and was left in a coma for two months.
Ten men have now been convicted in connection with the attack following an 11-week trial at Nottingham Crown Court.
Shakil Uddin, 23, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, was found guilty of attempted murder and arson with intent on Friday.
Lukman Khan, 24, and Riyadh Iqbal, 23, both of Normacot, Stoke-on-Trent, were both found guilty of grievous bodily harm with intent and arson with intent.
Muhammad Sufyaan-Shah, 25, of HMP Hindley, Wigan, and Tayyeb Majeed, 23, of Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, were convicted of grievous bodily harm with intent.
Previously, Ali Abbas, 22, and Haris Mahmood, 21, both from Normacot, admitted to two counts of attempted murder and arson with intent to endanger life.
Naveed Hussain, 32, from Longton, confessed to violent disorder and possession of a knife blade/sharp pointed article in a public place in December of the previous year.
Kashif Ahmed, 25, from Stoke-on-Trent, Bilal Ahmed, 26, from Normacot, and Ali Abbas, 22 from Normacot, had earlier pleaded guilty to violent disorder.
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