Overview
- Carrin Wibier, 45, is charged with murder and arson with intent to endanger life after a March 2, 2025 fire on Gateshead Close in Rusholme, Manchester.
- She appeared by video at Manchester Crown Court on January 8 before Judge Nicholas Dean KC and was not asked to enter pleas.
- The case was adjourned to a further hearing in March, with a trial provisionally scheduled for June.
- Wibier first appeared via videolink at Manchester Magistrates’ Court on January 7 and was remanded in custody to the Crown Court.
- Four-year-old Lesma-Rose Wibier was rescued from the blaze and died in hospital, her family issued a tribute, and police say the suspect was known to the child with no wider community threat.