THE mother of a teenage jockey killed in a fire in North Yorkshire has told of her anguish as the building’s landlord awaits sentencing for breaching regulations.

Margaret Wilson said she was relieved she would not need to endure another trial, but took little comfort from Alan Foster, the building’s owner, admitting his guilt.

Foster, 65, has pleaded guilty to four charges of failing to comply with legislation relating to storage, brought in the aftermath of the 2009 fire in Norton that killed jockeys Jan Wilson, 19, and Jamie Kyne, 18.

The pair were trapped as they slept on the upper floor of The Tannery at Buckrose Court, while a fire set by labourer Peter Brown, 39, of Brotherton, near Selby, raged in the building.

Brown was jailed for double manslaughter and Foster was due to stand trial next month, but admitted charges of failing to comply with legislation relating to the storage of combustible materials and management of the flats, risking death or serious injury to others in the event of fire.

Jan’s mother, Margaret, who travelled south from Angus in Scotland for the latest hearing at Leeds Crown Court, said: “We have to wait until next month until he is sentenced, but whatever he gets will never be enough and it will never bring back Jan.

“We need a result of some kind – two young people died in this fire and we need to always remember that, but to me he really didn’t seem that bothered in court.

“It’s nearly four years since this happened, and (Jan’s killer) Brown will be close to getting out but it seems that because Jan’s not here there’s no one fighting her corner.

“We haven’t had nearly as much support or information during this case as we did during the previous trial. I was there yesterday to make sure someone was still looking out for Jan.

“Two people died, but if there had been more people who were not able to get out of that building it’s likely that they would have died too,” said Mrs Wilson, of Greenhead Farm, Rescobie, near Forfar. “We have put in a victim’s statement and all we can do is point out what life is like for us since we lost Jan and hope that they take that into account.

“It’s terrible, but maybe he will just get a rap on the knuckles.”

– we will have to wait and see.”