Two 13-year-old boys, convicted of murdering Shawn Seesahai in 2022, could have their sentences increased after a challenge to their leniency.
Britain’s youngest killers since James Bulger’s killers could be given longer sentences today when a judge considers if eight-and-a-half years behind bars was too lenient. Shawn Seesahai, 19, died after being stabbed in the heart on Stowlawn playing fields in East Park, Wolverhampton last November.
The now 13-year old boys, who cannot be named for legal reasons, are the youngest defendants since Robert Thompson and Jon Venables were sentenced for murder of toddler James Bulger in 1993 - one of the most infamous crimes in recent British history.Shawn Seesahai was struck on his back, legs and skull while in Stowlawn playing fields in East Park.Read more: Man, 18, denies murders of three girls at Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport The fatal wound to his back was more than 20cm deep and 'almost came out' of his chest after going 'through his heart'.He died at the scene.The 16 inch knife used in the attack had been bought online for £40.This morning, a bid to increase their sentences will be heard at the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence (ULS) scheme.The scheme can be used by relatives, friends and victims to ask the Attorney General's Office to review jail sentences that are viewed as unreasonably low.If three senior judges agree that the eight-and-a-half-year sentences were too low, they can be replaced.In a victim impact statement read to the sentencing hearing, the family of Mr Seesahai said they are haunted by thoughts of how scared he must have been when he was killed. Relatives of Anguilla-born Mr Seesahai described his murder as tragic, unexpected and senseless, and having been committed 'for no reason at all'.Both boys blamed the other for inflicting four wounds with the machete, after a dispute with the victim about sitting on a park bench.One of the boys admitted possession of the knife prior to the trial, while the other was found guilty of the same charge when they were both unanimously convicted of murder on June 1
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