GUILTY UK - Blake, 14 & Tristan Barrass, 13, dead, 4 hospitalized, Sheffield, May 2019 *Arrests*

[mrazda71]

Sentencing today? ...

 

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Live updates as Sheffield mum sentenced for murdering her two sons

Live updates as Sheffield mum sentenced for murdering her two sons

 

[CoverMeCagney]

Hoping for LWOP for them both. Disgusting creatures.

 

[mrazda71]

Hoping for LWOP for them both. Disgusting creatures.

Yep I definitely think she deserves a whole life sentence ... would she be the first woman to be handed one?

 

[CoverMeCagney]

Yep I definitely think she deserves a whole life sentence ... would she be the first woman to be handed one?

Pretty sure Hindley and West had them (or the equivalent of their time) and was it Joanne someone, recent-ish case, I think she did too.

 

[mrazda71]

Pretty sure Hindley and West had them (or the equivalent of their time) and was it Joanne someone, recent-ish case, I think she did too.

Ah! Yes ... Joanne Dennehy!

 

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Sarah Marshall
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Replying to @SarahMarshallJP
The hearing is due to get underway at 10.30, but it may be delayed because of the number of members of the press and public hoping to attend the hearing. There are only 15 press seats and 21 seats in the public gallery, most of which are reserved for family members.


Sarah Marshall
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I am now in thankfully, but attendance has been limited to one journalist per media organisation (it’s quite common for organisations to send multiple staff members); and there are many members of the public and a group of students who will not be able to attend today.


@SarahMarshallJP
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Court is now assembled so the sentencing should get underway shortly. I’ll be updating this feed when I can throughout this morning’s hearing, which is scheduled to last half a day.

Live updates as Sheffield mum sentenced for murdering her two sons

 

[Rosegold68]

will we ever find out what happened here?

 

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will we ever find out what happened here?

I think we'll find out some more, not sure if it will be everything though. Hopefully the sentencing remarks get published.

 

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11.03am: In the dock

Sarah Barrass and Brandon Machin are sat at opposite ends of the dock.

Live updates as Sheffield mum sentenced for murdering her two sons

 

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11.19am: Boys were strangled

It has just been confirmed that both boys were strangled & then had bin bags placed over their heads. Referring to the pathology report, Mr Justice Goss said both boys died as a result of asphyxiation, & it can not be known for sure whether the strangling or the bag was the cause

Live updates as Sheffield mum sentenced for murdering her two sons

 

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Sarah Marshall

@SarahMarshallJP
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In police interview, Machin said he killed Blake and Barrass killed Tristan. Then after killing them both, they each placed plastic bags over their heads to make ‘doubly sure’ they were dead. Machin said after strangling Blake to death he went downstairs & ‘had an energy drink’.

 

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Sarah Marshall

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Kama Melly QC said Machin described to the police ‘that feeling you get when you just want to strangle the life out of someone’ in his interview, when asked about the events that led to the boys’ death.

 

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Sarah Marshall

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The court has been told how Barrass and Machin attempted to kill her four oldest children, which includes Blake and Tristan, by giving them a mixture of different medications. After this failed, Barrass began looking online at around different methods to commit murder.

 

[Rosegold68]

jesus christ!! thanks for the live updates guys

 

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Sarah Marshall

@SarahMarshallJP
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Machin arrived at the property a short time later. It was after this time that the murders of the two boys were called out, estimated at taking place between 6am and 7am. In interview Barrass described attempting to drown another of the children in the bath, but they survived.

 

[starcrossx]

This is awful, just thinking how close the surviving kids came to meeting the same fate. I honestly don't know how people can do this to their own children and I don't know how they thought they could explain away the disappearance of them if they hadn't been caught in the act.

 

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Sarah Marshall

@SarahMarshallJP
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She told police that she intended to kill all six of the children, and planned to take her own life afterwards. Ms Melly told the court: “Sarah Barrass said she would rather see her children dead, than see them in care.”

 

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Sarah Marshall

@SarahMarshallJP
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Ms Melly has told the court that it is the Crown’s case that a ‘whole life term’ is appropriate.

 

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Sarah Marshall

@SarahMarshallJP
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At various points during this morning’s hearing Barrass has been sobbing with a tissue held to her face, but she is now silent. Machin has appeared at court with pink, bloodshot eyes, like he has been crying. He’s remained silent, with a pained expression on his face at points.