Neighbour Lee Davey, 41, said: ‘When I got there, Raum was standing in his garden looking really shocked. He would have been her only concern.'ĭetective Chief Inspector Paul Burgan, the detective leading the hunt, said Raum was a 'critical witness' who was said to be 'very distressed' by his mother's death. Petra Jory, who lives three doors away from where Mrs Fox died, said she was 'a large woman' who would have stood no chance of following her slightly built son through a first-floor window, adding: 'She would have thought of her son first.
That is something for police to investigate.' 'We knew nothing of the house being targeted, she never mentioned it. The victim's daughter Leonie Carter, 31, a mother of three, said: 'We are sticking together and just trying to get through it as a family. Yesterday 28 bouquets of flowers lined a fence beside the fire-blackened end-of-terrace home of Mrs Fox. However, police said they had not previously been called to the Fox home regarding incidents of bullying or intimidation.
There were claims that Raum had suffered bullying on account of his mild learning disabilities. Why did the police not talk to them? Where were the council? We know the answer to those questions. 'There are also people who saw what happened because it was only just after 7pm on Bonfire Night - it wasn't like it was in the middle of the night and there was no one around.'Īnother resident said: 'There were kids throwing fireworks in the streets for days last week. 'The same names keep coming up and someone has put those names on social networking sites. Everyone around here knows who is to blame when something happens.'Īnd a neighbour added: 'We know who did this, the police know who did it, it is just a matter of time before they either walk into the police station or they are arrested. 'They put fear into the whole neighbourhood because they don't respect anyone or anything. They would have been the first people they'd have talked to. I've heard that police have been speaking to them. Mr Breslin would not comment on the names or ages of the children, but added: 'We think she did not jump out of the window because she was trying to save her cats.'Īnother resident, James Dean, 33, said: 'There are a few kids around here that are the ones always causing the trouble. Claiming that some of Mrs Fox's grandchildren were also present after the fire had started, he added: 'Two of them saw their grandmother's home burning with her trapped inside it.'