Dramatic footage that helped convict three murderers can be revealed for the first time.
The footage shows Emma Aitken, 19, and Nathan Doherty, 27, burning the clothes her father wore during the murder of Barry Smith at Kilburn Welfare Social Club, Chapel Street.
Mr Smith was beaten to death with pool cues and a fence post and then his body set alight by Doherty, Aitken and Aitken's father, Vincent Aitken, 44.
Emma Aitken and Doherty were arrested at their home in Portland Street after neighbours called police when they heard the couple arguing and start a fire in a communal garden.
Today Vincent Aitken, of Chapel Street, Kilburn, Emma Aitken and Nathan Doherty, both of Portland Street, Derby, were sentenced to a minimum of 52 years at Leicester Crown Court this afternoon.
Pamela Aitken, Vincent's wife, was cleared of assisting an offender.
Detective Inspector Lisa Macintyre, who led the investigation, said: "Barry Smith was a family man who was popular, well liked and respected in the community of Kilburn.
"He was subjected to a prolonged, savage attack and it is incomprehensible to me that three people could do this to another human being.
"It was an utterly barbaric act and one that Mr Smith's family have found hard to come to terms with.
"I hope today's convictions allows them to try to put this horrific event behind them and move on with their lives."
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