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Shiregreen child murders: Sarah Barrass pleads guilty to killing two sons | Shiregreen child murders: Sarah Barrass pleads guilty to killing two sons |
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A mother has admitted the murder of her two teenage sons and hatching a plot to kill four more of her children. | |
Sarah Barrass, 35, killed Tristan and Blake Barrass, aged 13 and 14, at a house in Shiregreen, Sheffield, on 24 May. | |
Family member Brandon Machin, 39, also pleaded guilty to their murder. | |
At Sheffield Crown Court, both admitted a further charge of conspiracy to murder six children, including Tristan and Blake. | |
Judge Jeremy Richardson QC warned both defendants they could be sentenced to spend the rest of their lives behind bars. | |
"No words of mine can ever fully reflect the enormity of what you have both done," he said. | |
"The crimes you have committed quite frankly speak for themselves." | "The crimes you have committed quite frankly speak for themselves." |
He told both he had "little doubt" they would be sentenced to "several terms of life imprisonment". | |
"This may well be a case...where a whole life order is imposed," he added. | |
Barrass, of Gregg House Road, Sheffield, also pleaded guilty to five counts of attempted murder against four children. | |
The charges relate to both of the murdered boys and two of their siblings. | |
Her four surviving children cannot be named for legal reasons. | |
No details were given in court about how the children died or what happened in the house in the days before the deaths on 24 May. | |
The judge said the full case would be heard at sentencing on 12 November. | |
The charges of conspiracy to murder date from 14 May to 20 May. | |
The attempted murder of Tristan, Blake and two other children happened on 23 May. The pair also attempted to murder one of the children again on 24 May. | |
A whole-life order means a prisoner can never be considered for parole. |