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Six-year-old dies weeks after Waterford arson that killed four relatives
RTE News and the Irish Examiner said Elliot English, 6, died Friday in Dublin of injuries from an Oct. 13 arson attack on his Waterford home; four relatives died in the fire and another child remains in hospital.
- RTE News, The Irish Times and Irish Examiner are now reporting this
- New headline Was: “Child, 6, dies weeks after Waterford arson attack”
- Our desk filed its story
A 6-year-old boy, Elliot English, died Friday at Children's Health Ireland in Crumlin, Dublin, of injuries from an arson attack last month on his family's home in Waterford in the Republic of Ireland1,2,4.
The fire on Oct. 13 at Birchwood, also reported as Birch Avenue on the outskirts of Waterford, killed his parents, Kim and Philip English, and his brothers Callum, 12, and Jayden, 91,2,4. RTE News and BBC said another child injured in the attack remained in hospital1,2. The Irish Examiner said the family asked that a 14-year-old girl still in hospital be kept in thoughts4. BBC said Irish police opened a multiple-murder inquiry after the fire1.
RTE News said six people have been arrested in the investigation2. Four people detained last month — a man in his 50s, two women in their 30s and a man in his 20s — were held on suspicion of facilitating a criminal organization under anti-gang legislation and later released without charge, with files to be sent to prosecutors2. Two others, Jessica Dalton, 31, of Waterford city, and Cian Stacey, 21, of no fixed abode, were remanded in custody and are due back before Waterford District Court on Nov. 172.
The Irish Examiner reported that Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly said last month investigators were pursuing other avenues and that the inquiry still had full resources4. An Garda Síochána said its thoughts were with the extended English family1. The family confirmed Elliot's death with "profound sadness" and asked for privacy2,4.
Sources
How it’s being reported
4 sourcesFirst reported by 
RTE News
Child, 6, dies weeks after Waterford arson attack
The death weeks later, named family members, and a short Garda condolence.
BBC said Elliot English, 6, died Friday at CHI Crumlin after the Oct. 13 fire that killed four relatives, and that Gardaí opened a multiple-murder inquiry. BBC News
Leaves out Named remand defendants and the family statement quoted by RTE.
RTE NewsFirstChild injured in Waterford arson attack dies in hospital
Named family members, hospital, remaining injured child, arrests and remand dates.
RTE named Elliot English, 6, said he died at CHI Crumlin, listed four relatives killed on Oct. 13, and reported six arrests including two people still before the courts.
Leaves out Garda Commissioner's comment on other investigative avenues.
Child (6) becomes latest victim of Waterford arson attack on home
The child as a further fatality of the same attack.
Paywalled beyond the headline; the accessible page presented the death as the latest from the Waterford home arson.
Leaves out Hospital, named relatives, arrests and family statement (not readable without subscription).
Six-year-old child left critically injured in last month's Waterford fire dies
Hospital death, named relatives killed in the Birchwood fire, family privacy request, and the commissioner's remark that the investigation is not over.
The Examiner named Elliot English, said he died at CHI Crumlin, quoted a family statement, and cited Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly on the continuing inquiry.
Leaves out Named remand defendants.
Where they agree
- A 6-year-old died weeks after an arson attack on a Waterford family home.
- The fire previously killed other members of the English family.
- Irish police are treating the case as a murder investigation.
Where they differ
How much of the investigation and family identification is on the record