Two young brothers in Britain who tortured and sexually abused two children have been sentenced to an indeterminate period in custody.
The boys were told they would be detained for a minimum of five years for a sadistic attack a judge described as ‘appalling and terrible’.
The brothers, who assaulted a nine-year-old and an 11-year-old boy, in Edlington, near Doncaster last April were told by the judge at Sheffield Crown Court that their crimes were ‘truly exceptional’.
Mr Justice Keith told the brothers, who are aged 11 and 12: ‘The fact is this was prolonged, sadistic violence for no reason other than that you got a real kick out of hurting and humiliating them.’
The judge said: ‘I'm sure you both pose a very high risk of serious harm to others.’
The brothers, whose home life was described as ‘toxic’ in court, showed no emotion as their sentences were handed down.
The court had heard accounts over the last two days of how the youngsters, then aged 10 and 11, lured their victims to a secluded spot and subjected them to 90 minutes of violence and sexual humiliation.
The nine-year-old and 11-year-old victims were strangled, hit with bricks, made to eat nettles, forced to strip and to sexually abuse each other.
Part of the attack was filmed by one of the brothers on a mobile phone. The scene was littered with bricks, sticks and stones used in the assaults, some of which were stained with blood.
