First pictures of teenage brothers suspected to have been poisoned by their mother

Photos of the brothers, aged 13 and 14, alleged to have been murdered by their mother has been released.

Tristan Barrass, 13, and Blake Barrass, 14, died in a hospital following a major incident at their home in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, last Friday (read here). The cause of death has not been revealed but it's been suggested that they were poisoned.

Following their death, their mother, Sarah Barrass, 34, and her brother Brandon Machin, 37, were arrested and charged with murder.  Barrass is also accused of three counts of attempted murder against two other children. Barrass and Machin appeared at Sheffield Magistrates' Court today (read here).

Photos of the murdered brothers show Blake smiling while wearing a baseball cap back to front, and Tristan also smiling, with his hair dyed yellow and cut into a mohawk style.