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Mrs Smith, a Blitz survivor and grandmother of seven, was upstairs sleeping in Queens Park Road when the 17-year-old posted the firework on October 28, 2021, a week before Bonfire Night.
Kai Cooper, 19, was convicted of manslaughter after a firework was posted through the woman's door.
Closing arguments in the manslaughter trial of Kai Cooper, over the fire death of Josephine Smith, centred on whether the prosecution's star witness…
Teenager on trial for manslaughter and arson after two successive explosions set the pensioner’s home on fire