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Young brothers 'not criminals'

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Two young brothers who lured two boys, aged nine and 11, to a South Yorkshire ravine before carrying out a brutal attack have admitted the assault. Home editor Mark Easton reports on the story of the brothers aged 10 and 12. Labour MP Graham Allen and social worker Joanna Nicolas discuss the comparisons drawn by many newspapers between this and the murder of toddler James Bulger.

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