Schoolgirl, 13, dies after ‘bunk bed set on fire with a lighter while she slept’

Layla Allen was declared dead at the scene of the blaze in Prescot, Merseyside, late on April 2 last year (Picture: Family Handout/PA)

A schoolgirl died in her bed when her house was engulfed in a flames – the second suspicious fire to hit the family home in under a year.

Layla Allen, 13, was declared dead at the scene of the blaze in Prescot, Merseyside, late on April 2 last year.

She made no attempt to escape the blaze so it appeared ‘likely she was asleep at the time’, Merseyside...