Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox The brother of four children who died in a house fire said he regarded texts allegedly sent prior to the blaze as 'empty threats', a jury heard.
Zak Bolland is accused of sending 'threatening' messages before the fatal fire, including one which allegedly read 'I will petrol bomb your house tonight'.
Bolland, 26, and his co-defendant David Worrall, 28, deny murdering Michelle Pearson following a fire at her home in Jackson Street, Walkden in the early hours of December 11, 2017.
They are accused of throwing petrol bombs into the property. Jurors at the Manchester Crown Court trial have heard that Bolland and Worrall were previously
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