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A mother will appear in court charged with four counts of manslaughter in connection with a house fire that killed her four children.
Deveca Rose, 29, is also charged with child abandonment, after a fire ripped through her property in Collingwood Road, Sutton, on December 16, 2021, and killed her two sets of twins.
Ms Rose will appear at Croydon Magistrates' Court today having been charged on Thursday.
Leyton and Logan Hoath, three, and Kyson and Bryson Hoath, four, were home alone when the intense blaze started and tore through the ground floor of the house.
Despite being removed from the property by firefighters in breathing apparatus and given CPR at the scene, the four children were later pronounced dead at two south London hospitals.
Deveca Rose, 29, will appear at Croydon Magistrates' Court today having been charged with manslaughter and child abandonment on Thursday
Kyson and Bryson Hoath, four, and Leyton and Logan, three, died in a house fire in Sutton
Despite being removed from the property by firefighters in breathing apparatus and given CPR at the scene, the four children were later pronounced dead at two south London hospitals
The Met Police confirmed Ms Rose was charged on Thursday (December 7) with four counts of manslaughter and child abandonment, contrary to the Children and Young Persons Act 1933.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: 'Officers understand the significant impact on the local community following this devastating incident, and they would like to reassure people that this extremely complex investigation continues, supported by partner agencies including the Crown Prosecution Service and London Fire Brigade.
'It is imperative that no material or comments are published or shared online that could prejudice future court proceedings.'
Ms Rose previously spoke of her anguish of having to live without her sons, telling The Times: 'Bryson, Kyson, Logan and Leyton were my boys, they were my babies, they were my life, they were my world.
'They were my heart, they were my soul, they were everything. Everything feels so surreal. I can't function.'
Rose said her four sons loved school, dancing, playing in the park and being with their family.
She added: 'I can't get over it, I'll never get over it. They lit up everybody's world and I will always be sorry that they went so soon.
'They had so much planned and now they're gone. I wake up and I look at their Christmas tree and I look at their clothes, their Liverpool [football] kit, their Cocomelon dressing gowns, their drawings.'
The devastated father of the two sets of twins, Dalton Hoath, with his boys before they died
Police at the scene in Sutton after receiving reports of a fire. Pictured December 17, 2021
A makeshift shrine of flowers, balloons, toys and football scarves was piled up outside the burnt-out terrace house after the two sets of twins died
In a statement given to MailOnline after the fire, the boys' father Dalton Hoath, 29, said: 'Myself and my family are utterly devastated by this tragic loss.
'They were bright, caring, loveable boys, but most of all sons, brothers, grandsons, great-grandsons, nephews and cousins.
'We would like to thank all the emergency services who did so much to try and save our boys, and also the local community who have come together at this difficult time.'
A makeshift shrine of flowers, balloons, toys and football scarves was piled up outside the burnt-out terrace house after the two sets of twins died
In a post on Facebook in 2021, their paternal grandfather Jason Hoath wrote: 'I am devastated to say that the horrendous house fire that took place in Sutton last night leading to four children loosing their life's were my amazing smart and beautiful grandsons.
'(They were) taken too soon they will always be in our hearts and thoughts.'
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