This is horrible
The mother of a five-year-old boy found in distress with injuries to his neck has appealed for witnesses to the attack on him to come forward. Anthony Hinchliffe was discovered on Tuesday evening with ligature marks on his neck close to his home in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.
A girl of 12 is in custody after being re-arrested. A girl and a boy, both 11, were released on Thursday afternoon. In total five children, aged 11 and 12, have been arrested and questioned over the matter.
They think he could have been abducted from his garden and taken to woods. The police said:
The victim is a five-year-old child who has suffered some serious injuries, which is why those arrested were arrested for attempted murder," he said. "He's got a number of bruises to his body. He has marks around his neck which could be consistent with ligature marks - there are marks which cause me concern."
