Two 13-year-old boys, who cannot be identified, originally given life sentences with a minimum of 8.5 years for the murder of 19-year-old Shawn Seesahai, have had their sentences increased to 10 years by the Court of Appeal after the solicitor general appealed for them to be deemed 'unduly lenient'. They were described as the country's 'youngest knife murderers' during their sentencing in September.
The UK's youngest murderers since James Bulger's killing have been handed longer sentences after judges agreed their original terms was too lenient. The two boys, now 13 and who cannot be identified, were given life sentences with minimum terms of eight-and-a-half years for the murder of 19-year-old Shawn Seesahai in Wolverhampton on 13 November last year. The solicitor general applied to increase those terms claiming they were 'unduly lenient'.
Mr Seesahai was stabbed through the heart and lungs and suffered a skull fracture during the attack on Stowlawn playing fields in East Park. One of the wounds he suffered measured 23cm deep - almost passing through his body. They accused each other of wielding the machete but were found to be jointly responsible for the attack, which trial judge Mrs Justice Tipples called 'horrific and shocking'.
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