Police bodycam footage could be used as evidence in the inquest of a grandmother who was killed in a house fire started by her grandson.

Vera Croghan died at the age of 89 following a devastating blaze at her home of 57 years in Unthank Road, just over three years ago.

The fire was started by her grandson, Chanatorn Croghan - known as Marco - who pleaded guilty to arson and manslaughter due to diminished responsibility.

An inquest into Mrs Croghan's death has been scheduled to take place later this year and will probe the circumstances of the death and the events leading up to it, in the early hours of December 11, 2020.

During a pre-inquest hearing, members of Mrs Croghan's family requested that footage of a police call out to the property the previous evening be included in the evidence.

Charlotte Crocombe, representing the family, said the request was being made to give an idea of how the grandson was behaving in the hours leading up to the fire.

Meanwhile, the inquest is also set to examine what was known about the risk the then-teenager may have posed to his grandmother.

This process will involve evidence being sought from the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust regarding the treatment the grandson was receiving and whether any safeguarding concerns were raised by staff.

Michael Croghan, one of Mrs Croghan's sons, said: "Some things about how she died are still not clear to us."

Following Croghan's sentencing in October 2022, which saw him given an indefinite hospital order, relatives described how the case had "caused seismic ripples that ripped our family apart".

Tributes were paid after her death, with her family describing her as a "well-known and highly respected academic" who dearly loved Norwich and the local area.

Mrs Croghan taught at the University of East Anglia for more than 30 years and had a bestselling book called 'Teach Yourself Swedish'.