Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleDanielle Johnson and Louis Casson at North Tyneside Magistrates' Court in Tynemouth, the mother and brother of Leah Casson who died in a blaze at her home in Vicarage Street, North Shields, North Tyneside (PA)The mother and brother of Leah Casson, 18, have denied manslaughter following her death in a house fire in North Shields in January 2023. Danielle Johnson, 43, and Louis Casson, 19, appeared at Newcastle Crown Court alongside Calvin Smith, 37, who also pleaded not guilty to manslaughter. Johnson and Smith additionally denied abstracting electricity between August and November 2022. All three defendants pleaded not guilty to abstracting electricity from November 2022 to January 2023, the period when the fatal fire occurred. The three defendants were granted bail ahead of a four-week trial scheduled to commence on 5 October, while a fourth defendant, Craig Watson, died in prison. In fullMother and brother appear in court over teenager’s death in house fireThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
House fire victim’s mother and brother appear in court
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleDanielle Johnson and Louis Casson at North Tyneside Magistrates' Court in Tynemouth, the mother and brother of Leah Casson who died in a blaze at her home in Vicarage Street, North Shields, North Tyneside (PA)The mother and brother of Leah Casson, 18, have denied manslaughter following her death in a house fire in North Shields in January 2023. Danielle Johnson, 43, and Louis Casson, 19, appeared at Newcastle Crown Court alongside Calvin Smith, 37, who also pleaded not guilty to manslaughter. Johnson and Smith additionally denied abstracting electricity between August and November 2022. All three defendants pleaded not guilty to abstracting electricity from November 2022 to January 2023, the period when the fatal fire occurred. The three defendants were granted bail ahead of a four-week trial scheduled to commence on 5 October, while a fourth defendant, Craig Watson, died in prison. In fullMother and brother appear in court over teenager’s death in house fireThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
