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Final moments of teen knifed by UK's youngest murderers since Bulger killers

10 June 2024 , 14:54
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Newly released video shows Shawn and his friend visiting a petrol station before entering the park where they were ambushed
Newly released video shows Shawn and his friend visiting a petrol station before entering the park where they were ambushed

HAUNTING CCTV footage shows the final moments of teen Shawn Seesahai's life before he was stabbed to death by two 12-year-old boys.

The monstrous duo have become the UK's youngest murderers since James Bulger's killers after the horrific machete attack.

CCTV footage shows Shawn Seesahai and a friend heading into the park moments before the attack eiqtiqhihzprw
CCTV footage shows Shawn Seesahai and a friend heading into the park moments before the attack
The video showed Shawn and his friend visiting a petrol station earlier that evening
The video showed Shawn and his friend visiting a petrol station earlier that eveningCredit: West Midlands Police
One of the killers posed up with a machete before the attack
One of the killers posed up with a machete before the attack
Shawn suffered a string of horror injuries
Shawn suffered a string of horror injuriesCredit: PA

CCTV now reveals the teen's last movements that evening as he boarded a tram with friends to the area and visited a petrol station.

Cops have released the footage which shows the 19-year-old walking into the park minutes before he was ambushed by the killers.

They today became the youngest-ever knife murderers to be found guilty in Britain.

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The boys are also the youngest defendants in the UK to be convicted of murder in Britain since James' killers Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, then aged 11, in 1993.

The pair launched into a savage attack on Shawn after he stumbled across their group in a park in Wolverhampton.

Newly released video shows him leaving Handsworth, in Birmingham, with two friends around 5.30pm on a tram at Winson Green station.

Later the three of them exit at Priestfield stop in Wolverhampton and make their way towards the park.

At around 6.30pm Shawn and one of his friends leave to go to a petrol station before heading back to the park.

Just before 8pm poignant footage captured seconds before tragedy struck shows them chatting as they walked down the street.

Only moments later, Shawn was struck on his back, legs and skull with a 42.5cm-long machete - despite the fact he "offered no violence, nor done anything to offend".

One of the boys killed him by plunging the blade so deep into his back it went through his heart and almost came out his chest.

Prosecutors argued they were jointly responsible for the attack, with both convicted of murder today.

Nottingham Crown Court heard Shawn had been visiting the Midlands while recovering from cataract surgery.

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On November 13, he and his pals met up, while the schoolboy killers joined two girls in the park.

During the course of the day, one of the boys was seen handling the machete, which he regularly carried around with him.

Shawn and his friend made their way to the same park and were sat chatting on a bench when they came across the killers.

One "deliberately shoulder-brushed" the teen before pulling out the blade from his trousers.

Shawn managed to shout "run" to his friend before he was hacked at with the machete as he lay defenceless on the ground.

One of the boys stabbed him so savagely a "piece of bone had actually come away” from his skull, the court heard.

As he repeatedly knifed Shawn, the other killer was seen punching and stamping on his head.

Michelle Heeley KC, prosecuting, said: "These two boys engaged in a joint attack upon a man who had done nothing wrong, a man with no weapon, who was utterly defenceless on the ground."

Following the horror, both boys sought to blame each other for the attack as they desperately covered their tracks.

They also claimed they had been playing video games in the hours after the killing.

But police raided both their homes and discovered the machete under one of their beds.

Pictures released by cops show the machete found under one of their beds as well as long knives on top of another bed.

Long knives balanced on one of the killer's beds
Long knives balanced on one of the killer's bedsCredit: SWNS
Police found a machete under one of the boys' beds
Police found a machete under one of the boys' bedsCredit: WMP/UNPIXS

They also discovered screenshots of knives on their phones and chilling web searches, including "how many criminal records can you have to leave the country".

One of the thugs had even posed with the machete hours before the killing.

The boys are now expected to be sentenced on a date to be fixed in July.

Jonathan Roe, senior crown prosecutor for CPS West Midlandssaid: “This was a horrifying and random act of brutality, perpetrated by two 12-year-olds who should not have been spending their time arming themselves with a machete and preparing to take a life.

"Shawn suffered traumatic injuries after being ruthlessly targeted by defendants who had a fixation with violence and were roaming the streets looking for a potential victim.”

Shawn could be seen walking and chatting with a pal as they made their way to the park
Shawn could be seen walking and chatting with a pal as they made their way to the park
Shawn had boarded a tram from Birmingham to Wolverhampton with two friends that afternoon - pictured here getting off at Priestfield stop
Shawn had boarded a tram from Birmingham to Wolverhampton with two friends that afternoon - pictured here getting off at Priestfield stop
He had been sitting on a bench when the schoolboys approached him
He had been sitting on a bench when the schoolboys approached himCredit: BPM

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