The boys will not be jailed but held in secure accommodation due to their age.

LONDON: Britain’s “youngest knife murderers” were on Friday sentenced to a minimum of eight-and-a-half years’ detention for killing a stranger in a ma...

Sentence was ordered as Britain's ban on 'zombie' style knives came into force this week

The pair were 12 when they killed Shawn Seesahai

Britain's "youngest knife murderers" were on Friday sentenced to a minimum of eight-and-a-half years' detention for killing a stranger in a machete attack when they were aged just 12.

The two boys were just 12 years old when they killed 'humble and hardworking' teeager Shawn Seesahai without provocation as he walked on a playing field

Shawn Seesahai was killed by the two boys after running for his life.

Shawn Seesahai, 19, was killed by two 12-year-old boys in Wolverhampton

The boy was “mixed up” in the local drug scene and associating with older teens while still in primary school, before killing student Shawn Seesahai

Two 12-year-old boys have been locked up for life with a minimum term of eight years and six months

Britain's youngest knife murderers, who were aged 12 when they killed a teenager with a machete, have both been sentenced to life with a minimum term of eight years and six months.