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Two teenage boys have pleaded guilty to culpable homicide over the death of a woman in a house fire in Ayrshire.Two teenage boys have pleaded guilty to culpable homicide over the death of a woman in a house fire in Ayrshire.
Stephen Muir, 16, and a 15-year-old-boy, who cannot be named, admitted setting fire to Angela Brown's home in Kilwinning in September 2008.Stephen Muir, 16, and a 15-year-old-boy, who cannot be named, admitted setting fire to Angela Brown's home in Kilwinning in September 2008.
The teenagers were originally charged with the murder of Ms Brown and the attempted murder of her three children.The teenagers were originally charged with the murder of Ms Brown and the attempted murder of her three children.
At the High Court in Glasgow, the pair were ordered to be kept in custody until they are sentenced next month.At the High Court in Glasgow, the pair were ordered to be kept in custody until they are sentenced next month.
'Extraordinary wickedness'
The court was told how Ms Brown, 32, was asleep with her daughter and two sons when the pair broke in at about 0600 BST on 28 September 2008.
Three fires were started - one by Stephen Muir and two by the other teenager who was just 13 at the time.
Fire alarms woke Ms Brown who managed to rescue her three-year-old daughter.
She collapsed while trying to save her two sons, aged six and 12, and later died at Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock.
The court was told how both boys were rescued and would also have died if they had not been given prompt medical attention.
Temporary Judge Bill Dunlop said the youths had committed acts of "extraordinary wickedness" and should be detained in custody until they are sentenced.