A UK court has sentenced two young men after they were found guilty of killing a man in a gruesome machete attack last November, police said on Monday.
According to a statement from West Midlands Police, the 12-year-old boys, who were not identified for legal reasons, murdered 19-year-old Shawn Seesahai in a park in Wolverhampton, central England. cnn reported.
Seesahai was from Anguilla and had only lived in the United Kingdom for about six months, the statement said.
While sharing details of the incident, the police revealed that Seesahai and his friend were in the park when “youths” approached them.
The victim was brutally lynched and “cut” with a 42.5 centimeter long machete. Pennsylvania reported citing the hearing at Nottingham Crown Court.
According to the police, the perpetrators were arrested two days after the attack and a machete was found under the bed of one of the children. Blood-stained clothing was also found in one of the children's laundry baskets.
Forensic analysis found multiple images of large knives and other weapons on a mobile phone seized by officers.
Seesahai's mother remembered her son as “loving,” “well-mannered” and said he “looked after us” and was “very protective.”
His father said that “justice must be done. I want [the assailants] “To get the sentence right, they don't have to be locked up for life, I just want it to be fair.”
The boys are expected to be sentenced in July. Pennsylvania reported.
