Firefighters have released dramatic pictures of the blaze at the Shropshire murder mansion.

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service found Osbaston House consumed by flames when they arrived in the early hours of August 26.

Police think businessman Christopher Foster killed his family before setting fire to the country estate and taking his own life.

Officers are still waiting to see if a third body found at the scene belongs to his teenage daughter Kirstie.

CCTV footage shows a man, believed to be Mr Foster, stalking the grounds with a gun then firing on a horsebox that had been used to block the driveway.

Mr Foster's wife Jill, 49, died of a gunshot wound to the head before the fire started, but detectives are still awaiting the results of a post-mortem on a body thought to be that of Kirstie.

Emergency services found three horses and four dogs which had been shot dead.

Subsequent searches of the house led to the discovery of a .22 rifle, which was legitimately owned by Mr Foster, near his body and that of his wife.

Mr Foster amassed his fortune developing insulation technology for oil rigs but earlier this year he was branded "bereft of the basic instincts of commercial morality" and "not to be trusted" by a High Court judge.

Court documents show Mr Foster's company, Ulva Ltd, which had gone into liquidation, faced legal action from one of its suppliers for thousands of pounds and owed about £800,000 in tax.

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