sep 27, 2024 - Two 12 Year Old Boys Detained on Murder Charge

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Two 13-year-old boys who murdered 19-year-old Shawn Seesahai with a machete must serve a minimum of eight years and six months in custody.

The pair were 12 at the time of the murder in Wolverhampton, and are the youngest convicted killers since Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, who murdered two-year-old James Bulger in 1993.

The boys, who cannot be named, will remain on licence for the rest of their lives.

Mr Seesahai's family have spoken of their anger, telling the BBC they believed the boys' sentences were too lenient.

His mother, Maneshwary Seesahai, said: "I'm not happy. All the children in the UK will see that they only get eight years [and six months] and they will do the same thing."

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