Mr Shiers said his sister wanted to move "because she feared for Charlie's safety".
BBC: Prestatyn fire death trial: Scared victim 'wanted to move'
Ms Finch, who has been playing the harp for 19 years, said Mr Shiers' comments were "quite a compliment".
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Ms Shiers, her four-year-old nephew Bailey and niece Skye, two, who were staying the night, all died at the scene.
She also denied previously shouting at Ms Shiers in the street, allegedly saying she was going to "burn her and the kids".
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Michael Shiers told Mold Crown Court his sister, Lee-Anna, 20, expressed her fears to him a month before the tragedy in Prestatyn, Denbighshire.
BBC: Prestatyn fire death trial: Scared victim 'wanted to move'
Ms Shiers, her partner Liam Timbrell, 23, their 15-month-old son Charlie, and his cousins four-year-old Bailey and two-year-old Skye all died in the fire.
BBC: Prestatyn fire death trial: Scared victim 'wanted to move'
Giving evidence on Friday, Mr Shiers said his sister had told him the defendant had threatened her a few times while she was drunk.
BBC: Prestatyn fire death trial: Scared victim 'wanted to move'
Originally from Cardiff, Mr Shiers has built the instruments for 30 years and said he wanted to take harp manufacturing into the 21st Century.
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"Catrin Finch is like a breath of fresh air and the harp has become a dynamic instrument to play once more, " said Mr Shiers.
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Neighbour Melanie Smith, 42, who lived in the flat below Ms Shiers, is accused of starting the blaze in Maes y Groes on 19 October.
BBC: Prestatyn fire death trial: Scared victim 'wanted to move'
"Lee-Anna said that she had been threatened on numerous occasions and on one occasion she had threatened to burn her house down, " Mr Shiers said.
BBC: Prestatyn fire death trial: Scared victim 'wanted to move'
The prosecution has said Ms Smith deliberately set fire to a pushchair because she was angry that Ms Shiers had left it in a shared hallway.
BBC: Prestatyn fire death trial: Melanie Smith 'made threat'
The defendant said she had complained to Ms Shiers about noise in the past but denied arguing about the pushchair, and said they were friends at the time of the fire.
Ms Smith, 42, who lived in the flat below the victims, is accused of deliberately setting fire to a pushchair because she was angry Ms Shiers had left it in a shared hallway.
He told the court his sister said the accused was a heavy drinker and would kick the doors, and complained about discarded cigarette ends and Ms Shiers' buggy being left in the communal hall.
BBC: Prestatyn fire death trial: Scared victim 'wanted to move'
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