United Kingdom: two 12-year-old boys are convicted of killing man with a machete

Two 12-year-old boys have been found guilty of killing a man in a machete attack in the UK in November last year, police said on Monday.

The boys, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, murdered 19-year-old Shawn Seesahai in a park in Wolverhampton, central England, West Midlands Police said in a statement.

Seesahai, who was from Anguilla, had only been living in the UK for about six months, the statement said.

According to police, Seesahai and his friend were in the park when they were approached by “young men”.

Nottingham Crown Court heard that the victim was then attacked by one of the boys, and was punched, kicked, stamped on and “chopped” with a 42.5cm long machete, PA reported.

A witness told the court that one defendant used the machete on Seesahai’s legs while the other punched and stamped on his head, the PA said.

The court was also told that Seesahai suffered an injury “that ran all over his body, from his back, through his ribs and up to his heart”, PA reported.

The perpetrators were arrested two days after the attack, West Midlands Police said. A machete was found under one of the boys’ beds, blood-stained clothes were found in one of the boys’ laundry baskets and forensic analysis of a cell phone seized by agents found multiple images of large knives and other weapons.

Seesahai’s mother said he was “such a loving son”, adding that he was “very polite, looked after us, was loving towards everyone and very protective”.

His father said that “justice must be done. I want [os agressores] get the right sentence, they don’t need to be in prison for the rest of their lives, I just want it to be fair.”

“We are crossing our fingers that we get the justice we came here for,” he added.

The boys are expected to be sentenced in July, PA reported.