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'Kids are dangerous now': Father of teenager stabbed to death by two machete-wielding boys, both 12, says parents need to 'pay attention' to what their children are doing to stop more senseless murders

Daily Mail Online 2024/7/7

The father of a teenager stabbed to death by two machete wielding 12-year-olds has said parents need to 'pay attention' to what their children are doing as he warned 'kids are dangerous now'. 

Shawn Seesahai, 19, was brutally murdered by Britain's youngest knife killers in a machete attack in Birmingham on November 13 last year. 

The youths, who were convicted this afternoon, are believed to be the youngest child killers since Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, both aged 11, were found guilty in 1993 of killing two-year-old James Bulger.  

Shawn's devastated father Suresh has called for more to be done to stop senseless murders from happening. 

He told Sky News: 'You don't know what these kids have. This world is a different world. 

'Kids are dangerous now and if we don't pay attention to our kids it will happen every day.'

Shawn Seesahai, 19, (pictured) was brutally murdered by Britain's youngest knife killers in a machete attack in Birmingham on November 13 last year
Shawn Seesahai, 19, (pictured) was brutally murdered by Britain's youngest knife killers in a machete attack in Birmingham on November 13 last year
The stabbing victim's father Suresh (pictured, today, with wife Manashwary) told Sky News earlier that parents need to 'pay attention' to stop more senseless murders
The stabbing victim's father Suresh (pictured, today, with wife Manashwary) told Sky News earlier that parents need to 'pay attention' to stop more senseless murders
The shocking clip comes as the 19-year-old's father Suresh (pictured) warned that 'kids are dangerous now' in the wake of the two attackers, both 12, being found guilty this afternoon
The shocking clip comes as the 19-year-old's father Suresh (pictured) warned that 'kids are dangerous now' in the wake of the two attackers, both 12, being found guilty this afternoon

Shawn's father said he feels sorry for the parents of his son's killers, but needed to see justice done.

'They (the boys responsible) don't have to be locked up for life', he said, 'I just want it to be fair.'

Suresh added: 'He was always with me, from the time he was born and growing up.

'When he'd have been around 16 he started to work with me. Whatsoever he knew that I'd need help [with] he'd always be there for me.'

Chilling CCTV footage shows Shawn walking to a park minutes before he was murdered by the 12 year olds who cannot be named for legal reasons. 

He can be seen leaving Handsworth, an inner-city area of Birmingham, with two friends at around 5.30pm and getting onto a tram at Winson Green station.

The group then get off at Priestfield tram stop in Wolverhampton at 6.13pm and begin to make their way towards the park - where they would later bump into the attackers.

At 6.34pm, Mr Seesahai and one friend then leave the park to go to a local petrol station where shop CCTV shows them looking at shelves of food.

The pair are then spotted heading back to the park for 7.57pm when grainy footage shows them standing in the area until at least 8.15pm. The attack itself is not caught on CCTV.

Mr Seesahai can be seen leaving Handsworth, an inner-city area of Birmingham, with two friends at around 5.30pm, getting onto a tram at Winson Green station
Mr Seesahai can be seen leaving Handsworth, an inner-city area of Birmingham, with two friends at around 5.30pm, getting onto a tram at Winson Green station
Shop CCTV shows the pair looking at shelves of food before returning to the park
Shop CCTV shows the pair looking at shelves of food before returning to the park
At 6.34pm, Mr Seesahai and one friend then leave the park to go to a local petrol station
At 6.34pm, Mr Seesahai and one friend then leave the park to go to a local petrol station
Grainy footage later shows them standing in the area until at least 8.15pm. The attack itself is not caught on CCTV
Grainy footage later shows them standing in the area until at least 8.15pm. The attack itself is not caught on CCTV

Mr Seesahai was originally from Caribbean island Anguilla but was staying in Birmingham while recovering from cataract surgery.

The month-long trial at Nottingham Crown Court was told the two 12-year-olds acted together to kill Shawn after he 'shoulder-brushed' them by a bench.

He was punched kicked, stamped on and 'chopped' at with 42.5cm-long blade that one of the defendants 'often' carried. 

One of the boys claimed he got the machete used in the killing from 'a friend of a friend' but police said there was evidence that he had searched for knives online.

Shawn's friend told the trial he was forced to run for his life, but 19-year-old Mr Seesahai stumbled as he tried to flee from the boys on Wolverhampton's Stowlawn playing fields on November 13 last year.

The witness said: 'It was a big blade, something similar to a machete. He pulled it out of the sheath from his waist. Shawn told me to run.'

The court heard that they attacked the victim with such force that in one blow the machete almost passed through his body.

Mr Seesahai was pronounced dead at 9.11pm on November 13 last year after police were called to the scene at 8.37pm.Prosecutor Michelle Heeley KC said the victim had 'offered no violence and 'done nothing to offend the two boys'. 

An image retrieved from the phone of one of the attackers showing long knives and swords on a bed
An image retrieved from the phone of one of the attackers showing long knives and swords on a bed
A machete pictured under the bed of one of the attackers
A machete pictured under the bed of one of the attackers
Mr Seesahai was pronounced dead at 9.11pm on November 13 last year after police were called to the scene at 8.37pm
Mr Seesahai was pronounced dead at 9.11pm on November 13 last year after police were called to the scene at 8.37pm
Nottingham Crown Court where two 12-year-old boys have been found guilty of stabbing a stranger to death (stock image)
Nottingham Crown Court where two 12-year-old boys have been found guilty of stabbing a stranger to death (stock image)

A girl at the scene with the youths said she saw the boys 'punching' and 'kicking' their victim as he lay on the floor. 

It was not 'unusual' that the boy who admitted possessing the knife had a machete as he 'often' carried it, she claimed.

Jonathan Roe, Senior Crown Prosecutor for CPS West Midlands, said: 'Shawn Seesahai was an incredibly brave young man who had a world of opportunities at his feet.

'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.

'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.

'Today's conviction should send a clear message to those who feel it appropriate to arm themselves with knives or blades - no matter how you may try to justify it, you will face the consequences of your actions.

'All of our thoughts remain with Shawn's family and friends at this difficult time.'

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