At the tender, impressionable age of 12 and 10, two brother have done the unthinkable and beat,raped, and robbed two children, ages 9 and 11 in a premeditated attack April 25th in the mining town of Edlington, South Yorkshire. The fate of these two violent offenders has been decided yesterday according to the Crown Prosecution Service. A lesser charge has been accepted to save the victims from reliving the whole ordeal in a court of law.
The perpetrators were in foster care at the time. They had been in town for mere weeks at the time of the heinous crime.
The 9 year old victim reported the abuse once found wandering the streets half naked and covered in mud and blood. The elder victim was found in a nearby ravine, his head smashed in by a kitchen sink. Both children had numerous burn marks and one had been convinced to stab himself.
The defendants, both in shirts and ties, grinned occasionally at their social workers and solicitors during the two-hour hearing. Their parents were not present.
For pictures of the schoolboy attack click here