Who is Deveca Rose and what has she been charged with?
A MUM has appeared in court after her four twin boys were killed in a devastating house fire.
Kyson and Bryson, four, and Leyton and Logan, three, died in Sutton, South London in 2021.
Who is Deveca Rose?
Deveca Rose was the mum of four young boys Kyson and Bryson, 4, and Leyton and Logan, 3, who died in a horror house fire in December 2021.
What happened at the Sutton house fire?
Emergency services were called to a fire at an address in Collingwood Road, Sutton, at around 7pm on December 16, 2021.
The huge inferno ripped through the entire ground floor of the mid-terraced house overwhelming the four boys with smoke.
Sixty firefighters got to the scene in under three minutes and tried to rescue the boys.
The children were pulled from the blaze by hero firefighters but tragically could not be saved.
Medics attempted CPR outside the house where the brothers’ unopened Christmas gifts lay under the tree in cinders.
What has Deveca Rose been charged with?
Rose was charged on December 4 with four counts of manslaughter
She was also charged with child abandonment contrary to the Children and Young Persons Act 1933.
She appeared at Bromley Magistrates’ Court wearing a facemask, a black coat, jeans and trainers on December 11.
She appeared devastated as she clutched a red heart toy and slumped in her seat before being told to stand.
Deveca spoke only to confirm her name, age and address before District Judge Sarah Turnock referred the case to the Old Bailey.
She was accompanied by her family including her mother and siblings, who sat tearfully at the back of the court.
Judge Turnock granted Rose, of Sutton, bail on four conditions, including the need for her to stay at her registered address, to surrender her passport, to not be in possession of travel documents and to stay away from “travel hubs”.
Rose nodded when asked if she understood the conditions, before the judge added: “These are serious offences.”