LONDON - Two boys who were aged just 12 when they killed a 19-year-old man in a "horrific" machete attack in central England in 2023 were on Sept 27 sentenced to a minimum of eight years and six months in custody.

The boys, now 13, are the youngest people to be convicted for murder in Britain since two 10-year-olds killed toddler James Bulger in 1993, one of the most infamous murders in the country's recent history.

Their victim, Shawn Seesahai, was stabbed in the back, legs and skull during the attack in a park in Wolverhampton in November.

The court heard the wound to his back was 23cm deep, penetrating his lungs and heart.

"The facts of this case are horrific and shocking," Judge Amanda Tipples said.

"I'm sure from the nature of these injuries that the defendants intended to kill Shawn, they acted together to do so although I cannot be sure which one inflicted the fatal stab wound. It was an attack which happened on the spur of the moment and was not premeditated."

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