Sentence on 'torturers' is attacked
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The 13-year-old boys dragged Neil to a shed in woods near his home, locked him in and beat him, Leeds Youth Court was told on Friday. Magistrates ignored a report which said the boys should be put into council care and ordered they attend a special centre for 24 hours and pay pounds 30 costs.
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