The boys, aged 10 and 11, from Edlington, near Doncaster, were placedwith foster parents just weeks before the attack took place inApril.
But John Kemmis, chief executive of child advocacy charity Voice, saidthe case raised deep worries about the lack of intensive residentialcare places in some areas and the failure of local authorities to seeresidential placements as a first choice.
He said: "I am concerned about the demise of special facilities that canoffer help to disturbed and out-of-control young people. We haverecently seen the halving of secure units with the last facility inLondon closing this week. We have also lost other residential placesbecause local authorities won't fund regional or nationalfacilities."
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