While the father of one of the dead said the teenagers were coming home from a sleepover at a friend's house, the mother of another boy killed said that her son and his best friend had lied about staying over at each other's homes that evening.

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The court heard that Proctor had blamed a former school friend for starting the fire but police inquiries showed the boy was "tucked up in bed in Bristol".

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The 14-year-old kept his distance due to the previous arguments but later that night he and another boy were going to a friend's house in Clydebank when they became aware of the accused.

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Quoting a family friend, the report said the boy's mother and sister were also injured as they waited for his father to finish the race.

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Last month, Ariel Castro became a grandfather for a fifth time -- to a boy borne by Arlene Castro, the best friend of Amanda Berry, the second captive in Ariel Castro's home.

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While driving Doug and a friend to the movies, she finally heard her increasingly sullen boy chattering like his old self.

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But Keith and Michelle are working hard to ensure the pressures do not mount up on such a small boy, who simply treats art as "his best friend".

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The court was told that Aaron's father, Mohammed Khan, who was no longer in a relationship with the boy's mother, did not know his son was in hospital until 14 November, after a friend told him.

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