Harlow fire: Dr Shakoor makes emotional appeal on Crimewatch

Dr Shakoor's wife Dr Sabah Usmani and five children died after fire tore through the downstairs of their terraced house in Barn Mead, Harlow on October 15, 2012. The fire sent thick, choking smoke throughout the family home and Sabah's husband Dr Abdul Shakoor jumped from a bedroom window in a desperate attempt to get help for his family. Sadly, he was unable to save them and was the only survivor. Police are treating the deaths as murder. Here you can listen to part of an emotional appeal Dr Shakoor made on BBC Crimewatch on Wednesday, March 20, 2012. If you have any information, however insignificant it may seem, please contact detectives on 01277 266869, or email scdappeals@essex.pnn.police.uk. If you don’t want to speak to police you can give information via the Crimestoppers charity and could be eligible for a reward of up to £10,000. Ring them in anonymously on 0800 555 111.