A Mother Set a Fire to Kill Herself and Her Children

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She Sent Her Kids To Bed and Then Set The House On Fire! What Is Her Disturbing Explanation

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Mother tried to kill herself and her children in Ruabon house fire

 A MOTHER tried to kill herself and her two children when she set in motion an horrific fire at their home in the middle of the night.

Aimee Griffiths, 30, of Ruabon, Wrexham, told her two children to lie down and go to sleep as she started the blaze. She tried to kill herself and her two children by burning down the house she was being evicted from. But her 10-year-old daughter was the one who managed to save the family, she ran out of the house as the fire began to spread and screamed for help. Their neighbors, both in their sixties, managed to pull Aimee and her son out of the house despite Griffiths fighting to stay inside with the boy. She was 'grabbed by the scruff of her neck' and dragged out - and even then tried to get back in. According to investigators, the British woman was drunk at the time. The woman was hospitalized in a mental hospital until trial, where she told psychiatrists that she heard “voices” telling her to burn down the house. 

Four possible seats of fire were found inside by firefighters and more than £50,000 worth of damage was caused to the semi-detached property. Griffiths told how she had eviction looming, she was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, her benefits had been stopped, her relationship with her mother and sister had broken down and she was drinking excessively. Griffiths has now been jailed for five years and four months at Mold Crown Court after she admitted arson. The judge said that she was a young woman who had been psychologically damaged by a range of life experiences. He told the court it was a sad and tragic case and Griffiths had endured an appalling childhood.

Personal Reflection
As a mother, we have to take a good care of our family especially our children. In this case, I think the mother (Griffiths) did not care enough about her children and avoid to respect their rights to live. She was drunk that time because of her traumatic problems and stressfulness, I think if that might happen to us we have to hand over our children to our close siblings or neighbor to prevent bad thing to happen and that's a professional way of being a parent.