Melanie Smith will serve a minimum of 30 years after being sentenced to life for the murder of a family of five who died during a house fire in Prestatyn, Wales.
Smith was today described as "despicable" by the family's relatives.
Lee-Anna Shiers, 20, her four-year-old nephew, Bailey, and two-year-old niece, Skye, died in the arson attack at their home on October 19, 2012.
Firefighters managed to get Ms Shiers' 15-month-old son Charlie and his father Liam Timbrell, 23, from the first-floor flat, but they died later in hospital.
Lee-Anna Shiers died with nephew Bailey Allen, four, and Skye Allen, two Steve Allen, the father of Bailey and Skye, told a press conference after the court hearing today that he had been looking forward to seeing them grow up.
"Instead, one despicable person has taken them away," he said. He added: "Nothing will ever bring any of our family back to us, but Melanie Smith will now be given what she deserves.
"Today is the next step towards grieving for our family. It still doesn't feel real".
Liam Timbrell, 23, also died in the fire Smith, 43, lived in the flat below the victims. Prosecutors say she deliberately set fire to a pushchair because she was angry that Ms Shiers had left it in their shared hallway.
The court was told she carried out the "terrible and wicked deed" because she was "drunk and angry", disillusioned with her boyfriend, very unhappy in her flat and jealous of the woman who lived upstairs.
During the trial, the court heard a harrowing 999 call made by Mr Timbrell from the burning building, during which he was heard shouting: "Oh my God, oh my God! We're going to die."
The jury also heard that Mr Timbrell told paramedics that "it was arson" and "it was Mel from downstairs".
Smith had also made threats to "burn down" a love rival's home.
Samantha Schofield told the court that Smith had threatened to start a fire at her home as she wrongly believed Miss Schofield, the mother of two young boys, was having an affair with her partner Steve Clarkson.
During the trial, Smith claimed 21 witnesses who gave evidence against her were "lying".
In addition to five counts of murder, Smith was also convicted of one count of making threats of arson.
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