Police officer who lost family in Boxing Day fire pays heartbreaking tribute to them

Tom Shearman with his wife F,ionnghuala, who was killed in the fire

The dad who lost his wife, two children and dog in a Boxing Day house fire has paid tribute to his family after ‘its very core was ripped from it in the most violent way’.

Tom Shearman has revealed his ‘anguish and trauma’ after losing his wife Fionnghuala, known to friends as Nu, daughter Eve, seven, and son, Ohner, four, after they were trapped in the burning house in Briscombe.

He said: ‘I have stared at...