Taken: A True Story of the Pain and Scandal of Forced Adoption (Stolen Lives)

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Michelle was such a fighter and it was her strength and the support of her family which got her through all the months since the fire." At the trial in 2018, Bolland's former girlfriend Brierley, who 'encouraged and assisted' the pair, was found guilty of four counts of manslaughter. She admitted manslaughter before the latest trial into Michelle Pearson's death. Bolland's former girlfriend Courtney Brierley, 23, who 'encouraged and assisted' the pair, was jailed for 12 years for Michelle's death after admitting manslaughter, the Manchester Evening News reports. In another she hoped that three people who had irked her would die ‘slowly and painfully’ and that she was ‘f***ing angry’. Two remorseless murderers will spend more time in prison... no sentence will ever be enough for the family of the mum and her four kids who died

Courtney Brierley for four offences of manslaughter of the children Demi, Brandon, Lacie and Lia Pearson to 21 years detention. Little Brandon was clever, old beyond his years and ‘was going to be the next Stephen Hawking’, according to his family. Zak Bolland, 26, and David Worrall, 28, both deny murdering Michelle Pearson, who died in August 2019 after succumbing to her burn injuries, the Manchester Evening News reports.

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All three drove in Abigail Toone’s car to a garage where a small amount of petrol was bought by the two men. This behaviour continued into December, on one occasion when Zak Bolland was drunk and had been taking drugs, probably cocaine, he sprayed the word "grass" on the front wall of Michelle Pearson's home.

Following the exchange of messages, Zak Bolland thought that Kyle and Lewis Pearson were at the Pearson home. Zak Bolland, 26, David Worrall, 29, and Courtney Brierley, 23, appeared at Manchester Crown Court this morning (April 21) I was talking about the grandkids, the youngest one. [Michelle] said 'where's my baby?' I said 'Lia'." Zak Bolland has been found guilty of murdering Michelle Pearson's four children, and of the attempted murders of survivors Michelle Pearson, Kyle Pearson, and his friend Bobby Harris.Losing Michelle and the children is still very raw and we are all still struggling to come to terms with losing them, especially the way they died in such a horrific way.