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The parents of two young brothers detained indefinitely for sadistically torturing two boys are themselves facing a police investigation.
Prosecutors said the attackers, aged 10 and 11 when the attack happened in Edlington, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, were the products of a "toxic home life".
The pair subjected their victims, aged nine and 11, to "prolonged, sadistic violence" during the assault last April, as well as sexual humiliation.
After the brothers were detained indefinitely yesterday - serving a minimum of five years - police said a prosecution of the attackers' family was being considered.
Asked outside Sheffield Crown Court about such a move, Temporary Supt Ian Bint said: "It's something we will be looking at with partners in the light of what has come out in court."
During a three-day sentencing exercise at the court, Mr Justice Keith heard how the brothers, now aged 11 and 12, lured their victims to a secluded spot and subjected them to 90 minutes of physical and sexual abuse.
The victims, who are uncle and nephew, were strangled, hit with bricks, made to eat nettles, stripped and forced to sexually abuse each other.
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The judge heard that the elder attacker watched ultra-violent movies as part of a home life of "routine aggression, violence and chaos".
A barrister outlined how the child watched the gruesome Saw movies when he was as young as 10, and was also familiar with the Chucky films as well as pornography DVDs.
He would also drink cider, had 10 cigarettes a day and smoked cannabis grown on his father's allotment from the age of nine, the court heard.
