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Related: About this forumBoys, 12, found guilty of machete murder
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Boys, 12, found guilty of machete murder
4 hours ago
By Caroline Gall, BBC News, West Midlands
Two 12-year-old boys have been found guilty of murdering a man who was stabbed through the heart with a machete.
Shawn Seesahai, 19, died in November last year after being set upon in an unprovoked attack on Stowlawn playing fields in East Park, Wolverhampton.
The pair, who cannot be named, are believed to be the youngest convicted of the crime since James Bulger's killers were detained in 1993.
During a trial at Nottingham Crown Court, the boys sought to blame each other, but the jury convicted them both of Mr Seesahai's murder on Monday.
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4 hours ago
By Caroline Gall, BBC News, West Midlands
Two 12-year-old boys have been found guilty of murdering a man who was stabbed through the heart with a machete.
Shawn Seesahai, 19, died in November last year after being set upon in an unprovoked attack on Stowlawn playing fields in East Park, Wolverhampton.
The pair, who cannot be named, are believed to be the youngest convicted of the crime since James Bulger's killers were detained in 1993.
During a trial at Nottingham Crown Court, the boys sought to blame each other, but the jury convicted them both of Mr Seesahai's murder on Monday.
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Boys, 12, found guilty of machete murder (Original Post)
sl8
Jun 2024
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iscooterliberally
(3,010 posts)1. Your link is not working. Here's one that I found.
sl8
(16,245 posts)2. Thanks!
Updated OP.
pandr32
(12,165 posts)3. So sick and tragic.
FirstLight
(14,079 posts)4. so this begs the question for me...
is violent crime becoming more prevalent in younger kids?
I dont want to sound like a pearl-clutcher, but am I imagining this?
jimfields33
(18,837 posts)5. No. It's been going on forever.
Lizzie Borden gave her mother 40 wacks and gave her father 40 more.