Local people say Shawn Seesahai’s murder highlights how young people are carrying weapons because ‘it’s cool’
Janet, 65, can vividly remember the evening her 11-year-old granddaughter arrived at her house last year and said she had seen someone being given CPR on the playing field yards from her front door.“It’s just unreal to think they can do it. You think kids their age should be playing. You don’t expect a 12-year-old to cause the injuries like he had,” she said.
At about 3pm, children from the local primary school filter out of the playground and across the playing field where Seesahai lost his life last November. Dog walkers meander past the bench he is said to have run from chased by boys brandishing a 42.5cm-long machete.There have been some problems with teenagers congregating on this grassy area, though. “Especially at the weekend, we get a lot of people hanging around that field. There’s always a group of people here or on the bench.
“I was mentoring a young boy from Wolverhampton who was nine, and he was in fear of being caught up with the rival gangs because he had a brother in a gang,” he said. “A lot of young people have a kill-or-be-killed mentality. I think it’s a case of survival mode.” “We try to proactively discourage people from using social media while they’re here, and especially with the juniors we try to keep them off Instagram and TikTok,” said the charity’s chief executive, Paul Snape.
He was killed by Parbjeet Veadhesa, then 16, with a 55cm-long ninja sword he had ordered online using his mother’s ID to pass security checks. He had collected a cache of 30 weapons, selling them on to friends at school.
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