A man and woman have been charged with assaulting two young children with a soldering torch, a hammer, rope and sticks.
Family and Community Services (FACS) staff removed three boys aged five-months-old, eight and 10 from a home in the St George area, in Sydney's south on Tuesday.
Police raided the home on Thursday and seized a rope, sticks, a gas-powered soldering torch and a hammer; all of which were allegedly used on a number of occasions to assault the eight-year-old and 10-year-old boys.
A 33-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman who were caring for the children were arrested and faced Sutherland Local Court on Friday.
The man was charged with four counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, while the woman was charged with one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
