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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

Two boys, 13, receive eight-year minimum terms for Wolverhampton machete murder

Shawn Seesahai headshot
The family of Shawn Seesahai said his death had left them ‘totally heartbroken and confused’. Photograph: PA

The youngest knife murderers in the UK, who were 12 years old when they attacked an “utterly defenceless” man with a machete in a park, have been sentenced to life with minimum terms of eight years and six months.

Shawn Seesahai, 19, was killed by the two boys during a confrontation over a park bench in Wolverhampton on 13 November last year.

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