INSIDE THE HOUSE OF HORRORS
Brother told social services his nephews were in danger Mother tried to poison kids day before their murder Killers’ sick bond began when they were children
nephews.” D Details of what happened in the house in Shiregre Shiregreen, Sheffield, have never been report reported.
But the People has seen c copies of indictmen ments which describe in grim detail how Barrass and Mach Machin repeatedly tried to kill her children over a 48-hour period after plotting murder for nine days. Barras Barrass tried to poison four o of the children the day before befo Tristan and Blake were strangled. An attempt to drown drow another child failed. Police, medics and an air amb ambulance were scrambled scram to a grisly
scene sc at 7.30am on May 24 and found the teenagers critically injured. The boys later died in hospital 12 minutes apart.
The other four children, all under the age of 13 and who cannot be named for legal reasons, were taken to hospital and released later that day.
Disgusted
Martyn recalls: “When I saw news of the murders on Facebook, it felt like someone had taken a sledgehammer to my stomach. I instantly felt sick.
“I spoke to my mum and she said Sarah and Brandon had been arrested. The next day, she told me they had been charged. I was disgusted. There are no words for them.
“Blake and Tristan were polite, kindhearted lads. It’s a tragic waste of life.”
The boys, pupils at Firth Park Academy, loved motorcycles and cars – and 300 bikers and two Lamborghinis led a funeral cortege. Martyn, who lives i n Wi r r a l ,
Merseyside, tells how he grew up being tormented by his sister and Machin. In one dark memory, he recalls the pair killing pet mice for entertainment.
He explains: “They loved killing things and inflicting pain. We had mice, tiny little black and white things. One day I heard my sister, Donna – who has since died – screaming and crying.
“I walked in and Brandon and Sarah were laughing, chasing the mice – stamping on them, killing them. I tried to push them away but they were too strong. They were falling over laughing while we were in floods of tears looking at the little bodies on the floor.
Another time we were playing and Sarah shoved a girl out of a tree.
“She pushed her really hard and the girl screamed as she hit the floor, badly hurting her arm. Sarah just stood over her laughing – she thought it was really funny. I knew from when they killed the mice that they were evil.
“I knew Sarah wasn’t normal when she laughed after pushing the girl from