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Bradley Lowery's heartbroken mother slams 'low life' football yob brothers who appeared to mock her six-year-old's death from rare cancer - as police launch investigation

Bradley Lowery's heartbroken mother Gemma has slammed the 'low lives' who appeared to mock her six-year-old son's death at a Sheffield Wednesday game, as police launch investigation.

Two brothers Dale and Drew Houghton were revealed as the football yobs who were pictured at the 3-0 defeat laughing as one of them held up a zoomed-in picture of Bradley who died in 2017 due to a rare cancer.

The young Sunderland fan was diagnosed with neuroblastoma when he was just 18 months old. His story touched many hearts across the world - during his brave battle, he was even a special guest of BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in 2016.