11 and 12 year old Edlington Brothers Jailed

The most unusual and horrific crime committed by British children has now been set in court and the violent Brothers are sentenced to indefinite detention. The boys 11 and 12 years old, were known for their abuse towards the neighborhood children, but their most recent attack was the last straw. The two brothers led their two victims away from a playground to a waste land area, were they tortured and made their victims participate in sexual acts. The beatings were so severe, that the oldest victim almost died.


When I first read the beginning of this story I was thinking to myself, that maybe the judge was being a little bias about the sentencing. What does a kid have to do to be sentenced life in detention? Then I read that the boys robbed, beaten, stomped on, struck with bricks and other objects, forced them to eat neetles, chocked and burned their young victims. One boy ahd a sink thrown on top of his head. After the beating was finnished, the brothers had their two victims praticipate in sexual acts. Remember that these kids were only 10 and 11 years old when they committed this violent and scary crime. Something was very wrong with these boys and they certainly were not learning from their former run ins with the law. Therefor, they were sentenced to what they deserved. Many believe this was a result of the abusive parents that the boys had, but they had been recently with foster parents and away from their biological parents for some time. Investigations with the biological parents as well as child services are being organized. The boys should have been checked in on from child agencies, but they missed 31 appointments with the boys family.
You can obviously see that these boys need lots of attention and supervision. The people they had surrounding them and looking out for them were not very supportive or helpful. These boys will have many people working to council, and help them out before consideration of letting them free of their so called detention.
I can understand how the judge came to making his decision, because of the severity of the crimes, the past accounts of beatings, and the lack of reaction and remorse they showed. But for the most part, he was thinking of the future of them posing a threat to the community.