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Wolverhampton brothers dubbed 'demon children from hell' back..... on Jeremy Kyle

It was inevitable. Wolverhampton's infamous 'Asbros', Danny and Ricky Oakley were back on The Jeremy Kyle Show this week, thrashing it out with their long-suffering father.

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The brothers, once branded 'demon children from hell', are believed to be the youngest in the country ever to get Asbos after they terrorised the Park Village estate aged just 12 and 11.

Their rap sheet included racist abuse, carrying knives, starting fires, throwing stones and letting down tyres.

Danny, 11 and Ricky, 10, with burned hands

Unsurprisingly, when they first hit the headlines as the nation's most out-of-control children, an appearance with Jezza – whose show was once branded the 'human form of bear baiting' by a top judge – quickly followed. And now, Danny, aged 21, and Ricky 20, have returned with father, Martin, who claims they are 'worse than ever'.

Danny and Ricky when they appeared on The Jeremy Kyle Show back in 2005

After two tumultuous decades, Martin was keen to to rebuild their shattered relationship, but the brothers had a few home truths for him.

And it was unemployed Ricky who first pointed the finger. "You say you were there for us, but what about the times when we were younger?" he said.

"When you didn't feed us? When you used to hit us? When we used to have to steal things to get food because you chose your wife over us?"

Ricky, 18, left, and Danny, 20, as they appeared in a Channel 5 documentary

Ricky, who has now moved back in with his father, also insisted his behaviour was not 'the worst it's ever been' when questioned by the TV host.

And when asked about his past, which includes seven stints in jail since 2006 and being the subject of a Channel 5 documentary, he said: "I do hold my dad responsible, in a way, because if he hadn't have hit us, and hadn't stopped feeding us, we wouldn't have had to go robbing to get food."

After Martin admitted being violent towards the pair, Ricky claimed he and his brother were beaten, chased around the house with a machete and threatened with electrocution.

Ricky Oakley, 20, in tears on the show
Brother Danny Oakley, aged 21

He also insisted that prison was a better environment than being at home with his father but went back to 'give him another chance'. Danny then took to the stage and accused his father of being homophobic.

He recalled the time when he came out as gay, aged 16, and claimed he was told 'you ain't no son of mine' and beaten by Martin.

Danny said he regrets the person that he is and that reduced younger brother Ricky to tears. The older brother, who host Kyle commended for his bravery, said: "If we were in care as kids, that would have been the best opportunity that I would have had growing up."

Martin admitted punching his sons in the past, in an attempt to 'correct' them, before Danny recalled hiding behind his bedroom door and being left with a black eye and blood pouring down his face, when Martin had kicked the door down.

Danny then recalled what his father said at the time: "I'm not calling an ambulance for you, you can die son."

Upon hearing that, Martin got up from his seat and walked away.

Kyle said on parting: "If all three admit where they have gone wrong then they can put those relationships on a better footing."

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