Just catching up with this, it's not too far from my Grandparents home.
I've seen the family member on facebook commenting on the news article as well. - I saw that before I found this as it's "local" news for my family as it were.
Insane really... I can't help but feel broken for those two lads, I dread to think what kind of situation the police were met with upon arrival. Poor kids.
I've been trying to figure out what the hell has gone on with it all - the kids contact their friends to say they aren't well, suddenly the two eldest are dead and the rest are in bandages - my Grandpas first thought was a cook den that's gone wrong [from the words poisoning an assumption that chemical mixtures have gone wrong? caused some sort of toxic gas???]
Regarding murder charges and how they work in the UK I'm going to add the link here that I use for my uni studies;
Homicide: Murder and Manslaughter | The Crown Prosecution Service --
"Subject to three exceptions (see Voluntary Manslaughter below) the crime of murder is committed, where a person:
- Of sound mind and discretion (i.e. sane);
- unlawfully kills (i.e. not self-defence or other justified killing);
- any reasonable creature (human being);
- in being (born alive and breathing through its own lungs - Rance v Mid-Downs Health Authority (1991) 1 All ER 801 and AG Ref No 3 of 1994 (1997) 3 All ER 936;
- under the Queen's Peace (not in war-time);
- with intent to kill or cause grievous bodily harm (GBH)."
I really don't know what to think of this situation. It's so sad. I hope the other children are okay!