The couple have a three-year-old boy and an eight-month-old girl.

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In addition to the Sparks case, a five-year-old girl was shot and killed by her eight-year-old brother in western Alaska on Tuesday, while a seven-year-old boy shot his sister, nine, in the leg in Auburn, Washington state, on Thursday.

BBC: Kentucky boy, 5, shot dead sister, 2, with child gun

Legal history was made eight years ago by a 12-year-old boy when he effectively divorced his mother in a Florida court.

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That was quite a punch to the emotional solar plexus of an eight-year-old boy.

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The father of an eight-year-old boy with a rare form of cancer has criticised health chiefs for not funding treatment available abroad.

BBC: Adam in July 2009, three days after diagnosis

Eight more people have been arrested by detectives investigating the stabbing of a 16-year-old boy in central London, four of them on suspicion of murder.

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As an eight-year-old boy, he was given permission to help pour a first casting in the art department of Makerere University in Kampala.

ECONOMIST: Rwenzori Sculpture Foundation