Truly heartbreaking
Grieving husband Aboubacarr Drammeh had a pet name for his beloved wife, "my paradise or my heaven". Choking back tears as he addressed the trial of Jamie Barrow, his wife's next door neighbour who started a fire which killed them in Fairisle Close, Clifton, he told of his last call with his wife, Fatoumatta Hydara, 28.
Read More:Mum's heartbreaking tribute to 'best friend and 2 grandchildren' killed in Clifton flat fire The fire devastated the tight-knit Clifton community. The outpouring of grief brought people together. Candles were left flowers laid, and prayers said. Rev Lydia Cartwright, vicar at Holy Trinity with St Francis, on Farnborough Road in Clifton, said the community was "devastated" as friends, neighbours and people touched by Fatoumatta's tragic story came to the church to pay their tributes on Sunday, November 27. "Clifton will never forget this tragedy," she had said.
Mr Drammeh said: “It was 5am when I got the call. I was praying and afterwards I saw I had missed five calls from the children’s grandmother. I called back and she started crying. She said there had been a fire and the kids didn’t make it and that Fatoumatta was in the intensive care unit. “She loved the kids. They did a lot of baking together and fun things in the house. They would make cookies and cupcakes and loved putting the icing on the cakes.
“We last saw each other in September when we went bowling. It was her first time bowling and we went to the cinema in Beeston. Family was so important to us and spending time together. It was really important to us."
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