The two boys were aged 12 when they killed 19-year-old Shawn Seesahai in a machete attack in Wolverhampton.
Two boys believed to be the UK's youngest knife murderers have both been detained for a minimum term of eight years and six months. The pair were both aged 12 when they killed 19-year-old Shawn Seesahai in a machete attack in a Wolverhampton park on 13 November last year. They are thought to be the youngest children to be convicted of murder in Britain since Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, who were both aged 11 when they were found guilty in 1993 of killing two-year-old James Bulger.
The boys - who were 12 when they were convicted and are now aged 13 - are believed to be the youngest children to be found guilty of a knife murder in the UK. One of the boys admitted possession of the knife prior to the trial, while the other was found guilty of the charge.
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