‘She locked herself in bedroom as flat burned’

A deliver driver accused of stabbing his wife to death before burning her body told a neighbour she had locked herself in her bedroom as the flat burned, a court heard. Amidu Koroma, 48, set his own beard on fire when he tried to dispose of the body of nurse Mariam Kamara, 46, in the early hours of 24 January 2022, jurors heard. Firefighters were called to the scene as Koroma escaped the house with a 17-year-old son and were…