Mother admits killing two of her young boys
A MOTHER admitted murdering two of her children as well as conspiring to murder four others, a court heard yesterday.
Sarah Barrass, 35, sobbed as she pleaded guilty to killing Tristan Barrass, 13, and his brother Blake, 14.
Barrass also admitted conspiracy to murder six of her children, including Tristan and Blake, and four counts of attempted murder.
Family member Brandon Machin, 39, also admitted the same charges.
Judge Jeremy Richardson QC told them at Sheffield Crown Court: “The crimes you have committed quite frankly speak for themselves. The murder of two children.
“The attempted murder of four children and the overarching conspiracy to murder those children.”
He added: “I have little doubt that each of you will in due course be sentenced to several terms of life imprisonment. Sob...Barrass pleaded guilty
This may well be a case where a whole life order is imposed.”
Barrass had protested her innocence when she appeared in court earlier this year.
When she appeared in court for the first time in May, days after the murders, she shouted from the dock: “I didn’t kill my boys. Swear to God.”
No details were given in court about what happened to the children inside the house in Facing life...Brandon Machin
the Shiregreen area of Sheffield on May 24 and May 25.
South Yorkshire Police have never released the cause of the two boys’ death and it was not given when an inquest was opened earlier this year.
The court heard that all of the surviving children are under the age of 13.
According to the charges, the conspiracy to murder the six children took place between House where boys were killed
May 14 and May 20 and the murders took place on May 24.
Both Barrass and Machin were remanded in custody. They will be sentenced on November 12.
Hundreds of mourners attended the boys’ funeral last month and there was an honour guard of 300 motorcycles and two Lamborghinis after it emerged the teenagers both loved bikes and cars. Jackson Pollock was pioneer