Black Widow
09-04-2009, 10:13 AM
THE two devil brothers who tortured boys of 11 and nine were allowed to watch bloody "slasher movies" as they grew up - and even had their food laced with CANNABIS to help them sleep, a relative has claimed.
The pair would often stay up all night and have even set fire to their own wardrobes in their bedrooms.
The female relative, who does not want to be named, added: "From the age of about six or seven they used to watch horror movies - Chucky films, the sort that even grown-ups daren't watch.
"Their mum just sat in the house doing nothing. She wasn't really bothered.
"The father used to do a lot more for the children than she did.
"He was a tough dad - maybe a little too tough and strict and they rebelled against him. If he smacked the boys for being naughty, she would just tell them to tell him to 'f*** off'.
"Their mum used to put cannabis in their tea so they could have an early night and she could have a quiet night in.
"My friend said she had walked into the house one day and was totally disgusted because she had caught her putting cannabis on a chocolate cake.
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"You just knew one day they would really hurt someone and that is exactly what they have done.
"They have always been naughty boys, but they could have been lovable kids given the right family."
A former police officer described the brothers as habitual troublemakers who were "a cancer" in the local community.
Don Crabtree said the pair had also been involved in incidents of vandalism and violence against animals.
He first came across the boys when he organised a tree-planting scheme at Sandall Park in Doncaster in 2006. He added: "We invited this particular family who were in the park to help us plant.
"They helped us for a day, there was a lot of work put in by the volunteers there. But within 20 minutes of leaving the site the entire area was trashed.
"Five hundred pounds worth of plants got pulled up and thrown in the lake. One particular member of that family was responsible.
"That person was identified to me by someone who saw them trashing the plants.
"On one occasion we had it reported to us that at least one member of that family was seen to pick up ducklings in the park and kill them by throwing them against trees.
"That is about as sad as it gets."
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The pair would often stay up all night and have even set fire to their own wardrobes in their bedrooms.
The female relative, who does not want to be named, added: "From the age of about six or seven they used to watch horror movies - Chucky films, the sort that even grown-ups daren't watch.
"Their mum just sat in the house doing nothing. She wasn't really bothered.
"The father used to do a lot more for the children than she did.
"He was a tough dad - maybe a little too tough and strict and they rebelled against him. If he smacked the boys for being naughty, she would just tell them to tell him to 'f*** off'.
"Their mum used to put cannabis in their tea so they could have an early night and she could have a quiet night in.
"My friend said she had walked into the house one day and was totally disgusted because she had caught her putting cannabis on a chocolate cake.
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"You just knew one day they would really hurt someone and that is exactly what they have done.
"They have always been naughty boys, but they could have been lovable kids given the right family."
A former police officer described the brothers as habitual troublemakers who were "a cancer" in the local community.
Don Crabtree said the pair had also been involved in incidents of vandalism and violence against animals.
He first came across the boys when he organised a tree-planting scheme at Sandall Park in Doncaster in 2006. He added: "We invited this particular family who were in the park to help us plant.
"They helped us for a day, there was a lot of work put in by the volunteers there. But within 20 minutes of leaving the site the entire area was trashed.
"Five hundred pounds worth of plants got pulled up and thrown in the lake. One particular member of that family was responsible.
"That person was identified to me by someone who saw them trashing the plants.
"On one occasion we had it reported to us that at least one member of that family was seen to pick up ducklings in the park and kill them by throwing them against trees.
"That is about as sad as it gets."
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