A man has been charged with the murder of a doctor and her daughter who were found dead inside a fire and smoke-damaged house.
The bodies of Dr Saman Mir Sacharvi, 49, and her daughter, Vian Magrio, 14, were found in a house in Burnley last week. Lancashire Police has charged Shabaz Khan, of Ribble Avenue, Burnley, with two counts of murder and one count of arson being reckless as to whether life is endangered.
He will appear at Blackburn Magistrates' Court on Friday. A 44-year-old woman from Burnley, arrested earlier on Thursday on suspicion of perverting the course of justice and aiding and abetting murder, remains in custody.
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