UK’s Youngest Knife Murderers Receive Longer Sentences for Shawn Seesahai Killing

Court of Appeal increases minimum prison terms for two 13-year-old boys convicted of a brutal machete attack in Wolverhampton.

The two boys, aged 12 at the time of the crime, were initially sentenced to life with a minimum of eight-and-a-half years for the murder of 19-year-old Shawn Seesahai in November 2023.
The Solicitor General referred the sentences to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme, arguing they were too low.
Judges ruled to increase the minimum term to 10 years, citing the severity of the attack, which included a 23cm-deep stab wound and a fractured skull.
The killing was described as 'horrific and shocking,' with the victim's family calling it senseless and tragic in their impact statement.
The boys, now 13, remain the youngest convicted murderers in the UK since the 1993 James Bulger case and are protected by anonymity orders due to their age.