Man faces execution after lighting barbecue in house

A Californian faces the death penalty after being accused of murdering five of his children through asphyxiation by lighting a charcoal barbecue inside the family home.

Adair Garcia, 30, used the barbecue to fill the house in Pico Rivera, 10 miles southeast of Los Angeles, with carbon monoxide while the children slept.

The children, aged two to 10, all died from the fumes.

The telephone company technician was also charged with attempting to murder his nine-year-old daughter.

Authorities claim he intended to kill the children and himself, and said he and his wife - who was not living there at the time - were having marital problems.

Garcia denies charges of murder and attempted murder.