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Flat fire: Fourth man arrested on suspicion of murder

A fourth man has been arrested over a fatal flat fire in Derbyshire which killed three people, including a mother and her baby daughter.

Derbyshire Police said officers had arrested a 24-year-old at an address in Long Eaton on suspicion of murder.

Three men were already being questioned by detectives after 17-year-old Amy Smith and her six-month-old daughter Ruby-Grace Gaunt died in the blaze in Langley Mill, Derbyshire, early on Sunday.

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Langley Mill Fire: Three men remanded into custody

The three men who appeared in court Credit: Court Artist / Priscilla Coleman

Three men have appeared in court after they were charged with the murder of three people who died in a flat fire in Derbyshire.

All three defendants have appeared before a district judge at Chesterfield Magistrates Court and were remanded into custody.

They will next appear at Nottingham Crown Court on Monday.

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