Two 13-year-old boys, the youngest murderers in Britain since the James Bulger case, have received increased 10-year sentences for the stabbing death of Shawn Seesahai in Wolverhampton last November.
Britain’s youngest killers murderers since James Bulger’s killers have been handed longer sentences today after judges considered an appeal. Shawn Seesahai, 19, died after being stabbed in the heart on Stowlawn playing fields in East Park, Wolverhampton last November.
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.
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