Boy, 13, ‘killed by own mum’ appeared on TV to raise money for cancer
A teenage boy allegedly killed by his own mum appeared on TV aged 11 to raise money for his friend who had cancer.
Tristan Barrass, 13, was filmed on BBC’s Our School in 2017, where he spoke about dying his hair yellow – his friend’s favourite colour.
He said: ‘My friend is dying of bone cancer, I asked if I could dye my hair yellow for him. His favourite colour is yellow.
‘[Hair] makes me who I want to be. With normal hair, you look like any other person’.
Tristan’s mother today appeared in court charged with murdering the teenager and his brother Blake, 14.
Sarah Barrass, 34, is accused of killing her sons following a ‘major’ incident in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
Police were scrambled to a property in the Shiregreen area of the city at around 7.30am on Friday, May 24.
'Boy, 14, gunned down mother and her pregnant teen daughter whose infant died'Barrass appeared at Sheffield Crown Court today alongside brother Brandon Machin, 37, of no fixed abode, who also faces two counts of murder.
Dressed in prison-issue uniforms, the pair were flanked by five security officers for the short ten-minute hearing.
They spoke to confirm their names, ages and nationalities, but did not enter a plea.
Barrass is also accused of three counts of attempted murder relating to two other children.
A provisional trial date has been fixed for November 12 later this year.
The pair were remanded in custody and will next appear at Sheffield Crown Court on June 21.