FOUR men are due to go on trial for murder today over the death of a Blackburn couple in a house fire last October.

Sadek Miah, 23, from the Isle of Dogs, Mohammed Miah, 19, Hisamuddin Ibrahim, 20, and Habib Iqbal, 25, all London, deny murdering Abdullah Mohammed and Aysha Mohammed.

The charges relate to a blaze at Mr and Mrs Mohammed’s home in London Road, Blackburn, on October 21.