THE victims of a fire that ripped through a top floor flat in Chatham last month are to be buried this week.

Rikki Sheehan, 27, and two-year-old baby Charlie Sheehan, died when a fire tore through their flat in the town's high street in the early hours of Friday, March 18.

The two will be buried at St Michael's RC Church, Hills Terrace, Chatham, at 11.15am on Thursday.

Rikki Sheehan's boyfriend, 34-year-old Paul Arnold, also died when the fire ravaged the flat above the Blaze restaurant.

• After the blaze Sam Benn, 20, and a 16-year-old Gillingham youth appeared at Maidstone Crown Court charged with murder. They were remanded in custody.