Michelle Pearson's family told the court she had been "pleading with" the council to rehouse her family before the attack Michelle Pearson, 37, died almost two years after her children Demi, 14, Brandon, eight, Lacie, seven, and Lia, three, were killed in a horrific arson attack on their home in Walkden, Salford Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Michelle Pearson's family told the court she had been "pleading with" the council to rehouse her family before the attackS1

• Michelle Pearson, 37, died almost two years after her children Demi, 14, Brandon, eight, Lacie, seven, and Lia, three, were killed in a horrific arson attack on their home in Walkden, SalfordS2

• Michelle Pearson died after suffering devastating burns in the fire that killed her children in December 2017S3