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Two 12-year-old boys guilty of stabbing teenager in the heart with machete | UK News

Lina Portman3 weeks ago

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Shawn Seesahai was found stabbed to death on a playing field in Wolverhampton in November (Picture: PA)

Two 12-year-old boys have been found guilty of the machete murder of a “completely defenseless” 19-year-old.

Shawn Seesahai was found stabbed to death on a playground in Wolverhampton in November.

Nottingham Crown Court heard that Mr Seesahai's legs, back and head were all slashed with a machete.

He was hit on the head so hard that a piece of bone broke off before he was beaten and kicked.

The two 12-year-olds, who cannot be named due to their ages, were both charged with murder and possession of a sharp object a day after the attack.

Detective Damian Forrest said his experienced team were left in shock when two 12-year-old boys were identified as suspects.

He said: “I've been a police officer for 20 years and this isn't the first time I've been out with a young man who lost his life in a really violent way, but to then find out that two 12-year-olds were responsible was shocking and made all of us members of the investigation team stop, pause and think about some things.

Paying tribute to her son, Shawn's mother described him as a “brave, compassionate and confident young soul.”

One of the youths, aged 12, claimed to have obtained the machete used in the murder from a “friend of a friend”, but police said there was evidence he had been looking for knives online.

Detective Inspector Damian Forrest, who led the investigation, said: “The weapon was a large machete which no person who does not need it as a tool of their trade should have reason to possess.

“Obviously, originally, it would have been a gardening tool.

“While the facts of this case mean we cannot say with certainty how this weapon came into the suspects' possession, some evidence suggests that one of them had attempted to purchase knives on the internet.”

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