Autistic boy, 12, died after two teenagers 'deliberately torched house

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By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 12:37 PM on 29th September 2010
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A 12-year-old autistic boy died when two teenagers deliberately set fire to his home, a court has heard.

Damian Clough, who was left alone by his mother while she was at work, was killed by poisonous fumes from the deadly blaze in Keighley, West Yorkshire on April 4 last year.

He was asleep in his bedroom with no means of escape when the fire began.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1316098/Autistic-boy-died-teenagers-torched-house-mother-work.html

[hlthe2b]

1. How horrible...

Poor mother... She had to work, after all, but this would haunt her forever.

[Brickbat]

2. So very sad.

[valerief]

3. A 12-year-old autistic boy died when two future Republican Senators deliberately

set fire to his home...

[Kievan Rus]

5. Two future National Front MPs since it's in the UK

It's disgusting to know that some young people are just as sick on that side of the pond as on this side.

[valerief]

7. Ah, of course, UK. My bad. nt

[Terra Alta]

4. how heartbreaking.

I have a 5-year-old cousin who is autistic.. and this just breaks my heart. I hope the two monsters who did this get the stiffest punishment possible. :mad:

[Kievan Rus]

6. What the hell is wrong with *SOME* young people today?

Seriously. What the hell is wrong with some young people today? Maybe it's just me, but it seems like there has been a recent pattern of this violence against anybody who doesn't fit the white, heterosexual, anti-intellectual consumerist mold by sociopathic young people.

[Initech]

8. I blame network news.

[lisa58]

9. I'm crying...

[hendo]

10. Here's to hopign they get tried as adults. NT