A stable hand who escaped from a blazing flat that claimed the lives of two jockeys broke down in tears today as a jury was played a recording of a 999 call she made.
Lizzie Murphy, 18, had to be led from Leeds Crown Court in tears as the audio clip was played to the jury.
During the brief call she frantically asks for help as the blaze takes hold at the flat where she was sleeping with her boyfriend Liam Foley.
The blaze claimed the lives of apprentice jockeys Jamie Kyne, 18, from Kiltrogue in Co Galway and Jan Wilson, 19, of Forfar in Scotland.
Several friends and relatives of the two victims had to be comforted as the emergency call was played to the jury.
It is claimed father-of-one Peter Brown, 37, lit a fire in the communal entrance to the block in Norton, near Malton, North Yorkshire.
Prosecutors said a drunken Mr Brown set fire to the complex as an act of ‘revenge’ after he was refused entry to a party in September last year.
The fire spread quickly through the building forcing many of the occupants to jump for their lives.
Between screams, Ms Murphy is heard saying: ‘We've got a fire and we can't get out.’
She was repeatedly told to calm down and that help was on the way.
