Karen Vamplew is alleged to have deliberately started the blaze to get inheritance money
A mother-of-four, who is alleged to have deliberately started a fire and murdered her disabled mother-in-law, told a witness she tried to save the victim but 'the smoke was too bad'. In a telephone call to a friend called Katie Joynes, Karen Vamplew said she “forced the door” at Elizabeth Vamplew’s Newark home but was unable to get to her bedroom to rescue her, a jury was told.
It is alleged she started the blaze to get inheritance money from her. The defendant, of King Street, Newark, denies murder and is on trial at Leicester Crown Court. Miss Joynes said she had known Vamplew for a number of years and that the day after the incident they had a telephone conversation about the fatal blaze.The witness said: “She said she forced the door open and tried to run down the hallway to help her mother-in-law but she said the smoke was too bad.
The witness replied: “Just that it was very, very, unlike the lady as she would only ever smoke in the kitchen or at the back door. I remember reassuring Karen she did the right by trying to get in and save the lady and I remember reassuring her she did the right thing by leaving because the smoke was too intense.”
Mrs Vamplew’s sister, Jean Scott, told the trial that the victim was “pretty badly disabled” and “a secret smoker” who only ever had a cigarette in the kitchen of her bungalow which she had moved to “two or three years” before her death, owing to her struggling mobility.
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