The girls, who cannot be named for legal reasons, became the subject of care proceedings in 2016 as they could not be looked after by their family.
The court was assured by the unnamed council, at the time they were taken into care, that the children would be kept together and a “good home” would be found for them, according to recently published legal documents about the case.
“Although the children would likely not have direct contact with the rest of their family, they would be able to grow up with a blood relative – their sister – and have contact with them every day; at least they would have each other,” states Judge Gillian Matthews in a ruling only recently made public after the case was heard in private at Middlesbrough County Court last year.
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