Six members of the same family died in a house fire in Essex seven years ago - and their murders are still being investigated by police.
Dad Dr Abdul Shakoor was the only survivor of the devastating blaze, which killed his wife and five children.
The family were sleeping at their terraced home in Barn Mead, Harlow, in the early hours of October 15th, 2012 when the fire swept through the downstairs of the property.
Desperate to raise the alarm and get help for his family, Dr Shakoor managed to jump from an upstairs window - but the fire took hold and his wife and children did not survive.
A murder investigation was launched into the deaths of Dr Sabah Usmani, 44, and their two daughters Hira, 12, and Maheen, three, and three sons Sohaib, 11, Muneeb, nine and Rayyan, six.
Detectives working on the case are now issuing a renewed appeal for information in a bid to bring their killers to justice.
To date more than 70 police officers and staff have worked on the investigation into the fire, nearly 500 people have given witness statements and 1,800 exhibits were collected and stored.
Essex Police senior investigating officer DCI Daniel Stoten said: “It is incomprehensible to imagine what Dr Shakoor has been through, both at the time with the shock and horror of losing his family and in the years since when, every day, he must think about the loved ones he has lost.
“Nearly seven years on from the fire, Essex Police and I are no less committed to investigating this horrific crime. We need answers and justice for Dr Shakoor and his family.
“We know that someone, somewhere knows who was responsible for causing this fire and we would urge them, all these years on, to do the right thing and come forward to us.
“It cannot be a coincidence that on the same night in the same road a car was also set on fire. Do you know who did that, did you see anything suspicious?
“We have also never recovered the laptop. Do you recognise this, do you remember someone having this which would have been unusual?
“Over time loyalties change, if you knew something then but felt you couldn’t come forward to us, perhaps now things have changed. People can still come forward with information, if they don’t want to do that through Essex Police, they can do so 100% anonymously through Crimestoppers.”
If you have information you can contact the Major Investigation Team at Brentwood on 101, email scd.appeals.essex@essex.pnn.police.uk, or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
