Wolverhampton murder of Shawn Seesahai was family’s ‘worst nightmare’

Mr Seesahai had travelled to the UK for eye surgery and had been living in Handsworth, Birmingham, at the time of his death.

He had travelled to Wolverhampton with friends on 13 November and was set upon in an unprovoked attack on Stowlawn playing fields in East Park.

Jurors heard during the trial that he was attacked with such ferocity that in one blow, the 16-inch (42.5cm) machete almost passed through his body.

During Thursday’s hearing, judge Mrs Justice Tipples said there had been conflicting evidence throughout the trial over who wielded the weapon.

Michelle Heeley KC, prosecuting, described the pair as “the youngest knife murderers”.

She said one of them had experienced “significant trauma” in his life and had been at risk of child criminal exploitation.