IN a heartbreaking letter written days before his murder, schoolboy Dean Pike told God: "I am very happy with all the people in the world that don't go around killing other people for no reason."

The letter, released by Dean's mother on the day his killers were convicted of murder, asked God: "Please change the awful things in life and keep the good stuff running."

Days later, the 11-year-old died in an arson attack on his home in Mordey Close, Hendon, Sunderland, which left his pregnant mother, Janine Dodd, seriously injured.

Police say Dean stood no chance of escaping the fire, which reached temperatures of 1,000C.

Firefighters found his body on an upstairs landing above a burnt-out staircase.

In a sickening twist, Newcastle Crown Court heard that Dean's killers had intended to target another family, but had started the fire at the wrong house.

Yesterday, Neil English, 43, and Terry Majinusz, 40, both of Chester Road in Sunderland, were convicted of murdering Dean in June last year.

They were both cleared of the attempted murder of his 30-year-old mother, but convicted of grievous bodily harm with intent.

A third man, 22-year-old Trevor Gordon, of Redmond Road, in Sunderland, was acquitted of murder and attempted murder.

The two men were looking for relatives of Majinusz's 18-year-old girlfriend, who disapproved of the pair's relationship.

Judge John Milford will sentence Majinusz and English today, but warned the pair they are facing life behind bars.

Miss Dodd suffered serious head injuries and was knocked unconscious when she was blown from an upstairs window into the family garden by the force of the explosion which engulfed her home.

It was a week later before doctors broke the news to her that Dean was dead.

She has since given birth to a healthy son, who is now eight months old.

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