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Court change for fire deaths murder trial

The trial of two men accused of murdering three members of a family by setting fire to their home will now take place in Glasgow in May.

Thomas Sharkey, 55; his daughter Bridget, aged eight; and his 21-year-old son Thomas Jnr died after a fire at their house in Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, in July 2011.

Robert Jennings, 50, and Scott Snowden, 37, had been due to face a trial starting on April 30 at the High Court in Edinburgh. But the trial was yesterday moved to the High Court in Glasgow, where it will begin on May 7.

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