Cruel groups of teens have been making vile taunts about four tragic brothers who were killed by their mum in a house fire, it has today emerged.
The youths reference the tragic two sets of twins – Bryson and Kyson Hoath, four, and Leyton and Logan Hoath, three, when they knock the door of the property every Halloween to poke fun at the immense tragedy.
Their sick behaviour causes great sadness for neighbours in Sutton, south London, three years on from the deaths, reports the Mirror.
This was heightened again last week as the brothers’ mum Deveca Rose, 30, was jailed for ten years after being convicted of the boys’ manslaughter. Speaking after the sentencing, their paternal grandmother described the offence as “a senseless act of negligence by their mother”.
It has now emerged the property is still being targeted by cruel yobs more than three years on from the tragic fire. The current occupants explained how the teens reference the boys’ names – and the blaze – with vile taunts.
“There’s nothing scary it’s just devastatingly sad. It’s a constant reminder, it’s part of the history all we can do is respect and honour it,” the current occupants said.
Rose had left her two sets of twins to die alone in the horror fire while she went shopping with a pal, the Old Bailey was told. The single mum left her kids surrounded by rubbish and human faeces as she popped out to buy “non essential” items at the supermarket.
The house has been renovated significantly since June 2023 after the blaze caused considerable damage to the property.
The manslaughters devastated the existing neighbours, including retired distribution manager Ian Rooke.
Mr Rooke, 70, told Mail Online: “The street was in shock. It was ominously quiet. The only noises were the screaming of the ambulance and the fire brigade. The fire engine was at the end of the street, so they were here within minutes. They couldn’t get into the house because the front of the property was on fire.
“They entered through the back of the building up the stairs and found the children unconscious or dead. More than likely unconscious due to the smoke.”
Willem Blekkenhorst, 51, a funeral director who lived just doors down from Rose, said: “She used to walk past with the kids they were funny, cheeky they were so young they were always together the four of them when the boys were out, they were with their mum.
“They would ask to see my cat, they waited at the door and I brought him out. They were gentle with him. The kids always looked well-dressed they always had good haircuts they looked like really happy boys.“
A mural and bench remembering the tragic deaths sits inside the Collingwood Recreational Ground, just 200 metres away from the house. The paternal gran also told reporters the brothers were “beautiful and loving” as she left a poignant tribute to the little youngsters.
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