Evil husband lured sons to their deaths with train set as mum battles for change in child visitation laws
dailyrecord.co.ukAfter luring his sons to the attic with sweets, toys and a train set, evil Darren Sykes then barricaded the doors and windows and set fire to the room.Ten years on from the diabolical double murder in which Sykes also perished, Claire Throssell, 52, is fighting to prevent other avoidable child deaths in memory of her boys Jack, 12, and Paul, nine.With a mixture of courage and tenderness, Claire spoke exclusively to us about her battle to change visiting rights if a parent is guilty of domestic violence.It was on a legally approved, unsupervised visit in October 2014 two weeks after their divorce that Sykes, 44, who had abused Claire physically, emotionally, financially and sexually for 14 of their 18 years together, coldly, calculatedly and barbarically murdered their sons, The Mirror reports here.Paul died as his brave big brother Jack held his hand and tried to rescue them.
Horrifically burned, young Jack's final act of courage was to whisper to a firefighter: "My dad did this and he did it on purpose."With 56% burns to his body, Jack fought to live for five long days, with his devoted mum keeping a hospital bedside vigil."He died in my arms.
His massive heart simply stopped beating, unable to fight any longer," she says. "I was so proud of how hard he tried to live.""He thought he had saved Paul's life and I did not tell him any different.""I whispered to Jack that I promised to make sure no other child died at the hands of an abusive ex-partner a pledge I intend to keep.'"Claire, of Penistone, South Yorks, who left Sykes in April, 2014, initially agreed to share custody.But when, in June, Paul told a teacher his dad had hurt him, she requested through legal channels that he should stop seeing the boys.The family
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