Overview
- The Prison Service confirmed Mohammed Shabir died at HMP Leeds on September 24, 2025, and the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will investigate.
- Shabir had pleaded not guilty to four counts of murder and one count of attempted murder and was awaiting a joint trial scheduled for November 17, 2025.
- The charges relate to a suspected arson on August 21, 2024, that killed Bryonie Gawith, 29, and her children Denisty, 9, Oscar, 5, and Aubree, 22 months, at their Bradford home.
- Co-defendants Sharaz Ali and Calum Sunderland remain remanded in custody after denying the same allegations.
- A judge previously set the joint trial and extended custody time limits to November 19, with the October 20 hearing now expected to address arrangements following Shabir’s death.