Brothers charged with attempted murder of two young playmates

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1. Brett
   

   Two brothers aged ten and 11 appeared in court today charged with attempted murder over an attack that left two young playmates with serious head injuries and knife wounds.
   
   The boys were arrested after the victims, aged nine and 11, were allegedly slashed 'from head to toe' with a knife, burned with cigarettes and beaten with bricks before one was thrown down a ravine near Doncaster, on Saturday.
   
   The brothers had been put in care by Doncaster Council, whose children's services department was recently described as 'chaotic and dangerous' following the death of seven vulnerable youngsters.
   
   Today, South Yorkshire Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it had advised South Yorkshire Police to charge the boys with four counts each of attempted murder and robbery.
   
   The pair - who cannot be named for legal reasons - showed no emotion as they stood in the dock with three security officers at Doncaster Youth Court.
   
   The older boy wore a red England shirt and his younger brother a grey Umbro T-shirt as the charges of attempted murder and robbery were read to them.
   
   They were remanded into secure local authority care and will next appear in the same court on April 14.
   
   The mother of the brothers has denied any responsibility for their alleged actions.
   
   They had been living with foster parents after their mother told social services she could not control them. Yesterday, she told The Sun newspaper: 'It's got nowt to do with me - they weren't even in my care.'
   
   As the victims continued to be treated in hospital, the parents of a chorister set upon a week earlier claimed police had not taken the first assault seriously.
   
   With detectives continuing to question the brothers over what Children's Secretary Ed Balls condemned as a 'barbaric' attack, the role of the local council also came under scrutiny.
   
   The aunt of the 11-year-old thrown in the ravine said: 'They knew what the two attackers were capable of, but they did nothing.
   
   'Social services should have taken them into more secure care, not just let them roam the streets. If he had been found just half an hour later my poor nephew would have died.'
   Today, the parents of the 11-year-old thanked the people who helped the boys after the attack.
   
   Issuing a statement through South Yorkshire Police, they said: "We would like to thank all the community for their help in finding our son and for all their continued support through what is a very traumatic time.
   
   "We are hoping that our son will continue to recover from his ordeal and ask that the media will continue to respect our privacy."
   
   A police spokesman said the boy was currently "stable and improving" in Sheffield Children's Hospital.
   
   The younger boy is expected to have a further operation on his arm today.
   
   Neither of the victims has yet been interviewed by detectives, the spokesman said.
   
   He added that police were continuing to question the two boys in connection with the assault and officers were carrying out house-to-house inquiries.
   
   Saturday's attack in the former mining community of Edlington, near Doncaster, began when the two boys - who were riding their bikes - were set upon and ordered to hand over their mobile phones, money and trainers.

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