It’s now been 10 years since Robbie Middleton took his final breath after dying of skin cancer caused by third degree burns.That’s because on his eighth birthday, he was tied to a tree where gasoline was thrown over him before he was brutally set on fire.This happened two weeks after the same attacker allegedly raped him.Robbie’s mum found him blistered beyond recognition after the fire - and his life was never the same again.Here, we take a look back on his harrowing ordeal that led to his heartbreaking death ten years ago.Robbie was the youngest of three children to parents Colleen and Bobby.According to Colleen, Robbie “adored” his birthdays and would always wake up early for them.And on his eighth birthday, on June 28, 1998, he was.
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