Police would have arrested firebomb threat maker before fatal arson

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 7 Oct, 20:48 · Archive

A police officer told an inquest that Zak Bolland would ideally have been arrested over firebomb threats made weeks before he murdered a mother and four children in an arson attack.

Zak Bolland, 26, made firebomb threats weeks before he and David Worrall went on to murder Michelle Pearson, 37, and her four children in an arson attack. The threats were part of an escalating feud that included Bolland smashing the windows of the home on Jackson Street in Walkden, Greater Manchester.

At an inquest into the deaths, a police officer stated that in an 'ideal world' Bolland would have been arrested over the firebomb threat prior to the fatal attack.

How it is being reported

• In an 'ideal world' police would have arrested arsonist over threats before he murdered mother and four children, officer tells inquestZak Bolland, 26, smashed the windows of the home of Michelle Pearson, 37, where she lived with her young family on Jackson Street, Walkden, Greater Manchester, as part of an escalating feud.Daily Mail · 7 Oct, 20:31
• Man who made firebomb threat prior to fatal arson attack would have been arrested ‘in an ideal world’, inquest toldZak Bolland made the threat weeks before he and David Worrall went on to murder Michelle Pearson and her four childrenThe Independent · 7 Oct, 18:49

In this story: Zak Bolland · David Worrall · Michelle Pearson · Walkden · Greater Manchester

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