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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Callum Parke and Angus Thompson

‘Justice served’ as 12-year-old killers have jailtime increased

Shawn Seesahai was stabbed to death by two 12-year-old boys in November 2022 - (PA Media)

The family of slain teen Shawn Seesahai says “justice has been served” after a court increased the sentences of his two murderers, the UK’s youngest knife killers.

Three Court of Appeal judges ruled on Thursday that the eight-and-a-half year minimum terms of the life sentences given to two boys, who are both now 13, were “unduly lenient” and increased them to 10 years.

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