A woman has been found guilty of killing two children in a revenge arson attack in 1997.
Fiaz Munshi travelled with seven others to Amjad Khan's house in Oxford, which was set alight, after he broke off their relationship.
Petrol was squirted through the letterbox of the family home and set alight, killing Amjad's siblings Majid, 15, and Anum, eight.
Munshi, 38, of Oldham, was found guilty of manslaughter but cleared of murder.
She bowed her head and burst into tears as the unanimous verdict was read out after seven hours of deliberation.
Once the court was cleared, both families threw verbal abuse at each other in court and had to be removed by police and security.
Five people have been previously convicted of the killing.
Billy Akhtar said she was glad her family had seen justice done
Billy Akhtar, Amjad's older sister, said the family had suffered for 17 years.
Ms Akhtar said: "For all of us it's closure and justice will finally be done. It's mainly for my mother and my father and I'm so glad that they're well enough to see justice being done.
"All the people who've been around us from the beginning to the end will understand what this means for us and how we've suffered.
"They were just so beautiful, innocent children [who were] taken away from us in a cowardly way."
The court heard when Fiaz Munshi's relationship with Mr Khan ended badly in 1997 she became the focus of gossip and was thrown out of the family home with her sister Riaz, accused of bringing dishonour to her family.
Fuelled by revenge, Munshi travelled with her sister and a group of men from Hertfordshire to Oxford to burn down her ex-boyfriend's family home.
Munshi had travelled to the house in Magdalen Road, Oxford, with her sister Riaz and a group of men 
Petrol was poured into the house using plastic bottles and set alight They waited until the family had gone to bed in the early hours of 26 August.
Ringleader Haq Nawaz gave the all clear and two other men, Alan Swanton and Thomas Liedl poured petrol through the letterbox using plastic bottles with holes made in the caps.
Five men were convicted of the killings in 1998 and Munshi's sister was also convicted of manslaughter.
Munshi will be sentenced on Thursday.
Anum and Majid Khan died in the Magdalen Road fire in August 1997 Woman guilty of 1997 fire deaths
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