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Two brothers who attacked two boys in a sadistic 90-minute ordeal of violence and sexual humiliation have been sentenced to a minimum of five years in custody.
The victims were lured to this remote spot by the brothers
The pair, who are aged 11 and 12 and who cannot be named, attacked their victims in Edlington in South Yorkshire last April.
Mr Justice Keith, sentencing at Sheffield Crown Court, described the brothers' behaviour as "appalling and terrible".
"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," he said.
The pair lured the nine and 11-year-old to a secluded spot before the torture began.
The victims - who are uncle and nephew - were strangled, hit with bricks, made to eat nettles, stripped and forced to sexually abuse each other.
The elder boy was seriously injured when pieces of a ceramic sink were dropped on his head.
The brothers had pleaded guilty to causing their victims grievous bodily harm with intent, robbery and intentionally causing a child to engage in sexual activity.
They had also admitted causing another 11-year-old actual bodily harm a week before the torture incident.
Sky's north of England correspondent Gerard Tubb said the younger offender had been described by one Britain's top psychiatrists as being in danger of becoming a "seriously disturbed psychopathic offender".
He said it was claimed the pair grew up in a "toxic homelife", witnessing serious domestic violence.
The two boys they attacked and would have killed if they had not got tired will have a lifetime of mental scars and they will be out well in time to celebrate their 18th Birthdays.
Their excuse for parents should be the next in the dock.