Life for the man, 18, who killed his two teenage sisters
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A teenager who killed his two young sisters when he set fire to his family home was today jailed for life with a minimum term of six years.
Shane Spence, 18, was found guilty of the manslaughter of Tatum Leah, 14 and Demi Jade, 12.
He poured petrol on to the living room sofa then set it alight as the family slept at their three-bedroom house in April last year.
In February the jury found Spence guilty of manslaughter and arson, but not guilty of the attempted murder of his parents Anita and John, both 37.
The father-of-one, who was not living at the family home at the time, crept in at around 12.45am on April 4, after telling a friend he had gone to pick up a CD.
The teenager, who was 17 at the time, then doused the living room sofa in petrol and set it alight before returning to the friend's house to continue watching the film 28 Days Later.
The fire tore through the house in South Shields, South Tyneside in minutes.
Spence's father John Spence, 37, sustained 42 per cent burns trying to rescue his children, but Demi Jade and Tatum Leah both died in their bedrooms of smoke inhalation and burns.
The court was told that Spence, father to one-year-old daughter Leeanda, had set the family's garden shed alight when he was 12-years-old.
Shane Spence, 18, was found guilty of the manslaughter of Tatum Leah, 14 and Demi Jade, 12.
He poured petrol on to the living room sofa then set it alight as the family slept at their three-bedroom house in April last year.
In February the jury found Spence guilty of manslaughter and arson, but not guilty of the attempted murder of his parents Anita and John, both 37.
The father-of-one, who was not living at the family home at the time, crept in at around 12.45am on April 4, after telling a friend he had gone to pick up a CD.
The teenager, who was 17 at the time, then doused the living room sofa in petrol and set it alight before returning to the friend's house to continue watching the film 28 Days Later.
The fire tore through the house in South Shields, South Tyneside in minutes.
Spence's father John Spence, 37, sustained 42 per cent burns trying to rescue his children, but Demi Jade and Tatum Leah both died in their bedrooms of smoke inhalation and burns.
The court was told that Spence, father to one-year-old daughter Leeanda, had set the family's garden shed alight when he was 12-years-old.
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