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The mum of two children who were brutally killed by their own dad has spoken of the horrific moments she held her dying sons in her arms for the last time.

Claire Throssell's sons, Jack, 12, and his nine-year-old brother, Paul, were murdered by her ex-husband, Darren Sykes.

Sykes lured the boys to the attic of the family home in Penistone, near Sheffield, and set the house ablaze.

He died in the fire, but not before making sure his sons wouldn't live, starting 14 separate fires around the house in October 2014.

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Claire, 53, had repeatedly warned social workers, the courts, and Cafcas – whose role is to represent the interests of children and young people in the family courts – that her abusive ex was capable

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