Firebomb deaths report slams police

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Maureen Cochrane, 45, and her husband Alex, 54, were killed in a firebomb attack on their home in Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester, last January. Their daughter Lucy, then 17, suffered severe burns.

Greater Manchester Police failed to visit the family's home after an unsuccessful arson attack five days earlier, the damning report by the Independent Police Complaints Commission said on Wednesday.

It further criticises GMP for failing to record complaints from the family and for not replying to a letter from them outlining the harassment.

The IPCC report recommends one constable be given a formal written warning and an inspector "advised" over his conduct.

Michael Connor, 40, and his ex-wife Jane, 40, were jailed for life for the double murder last December.

Michael Connor must serve a minimum 32-year sentence before parole after he poured more than a litre of petrol through the letterbox of the Cochranes' home, killing them in a 1000-degrees vortex of flames.

He had been plied with drink and urged on by his ex-wife, who kept watch as he carried out the attack on January 12 last year.

She must also serve a minimum of 32 years in jail.

Their daughter, Natalie, 18, had made up false claims that the Cochranes' daughter Lucy had been bullying her at school - prompting the hate campaign. She was jailed for 11 years after being convicted of two counts of manslaughter.