Boys who killed Shawn Seesahai could be named

Shawn Seesahai was murdered in a park in Wolverhampton by two 12-year-old boys convicted on Monday

A court will consider lifting reporting restrictions to allow the names of two boys who murdered a man in a park in Wolverhampton to be published.

Shawn Seesahai, 19, died in November last year after being stabbed through the heart with a machete on Stowlawn playing fields in East Park.

The accused pair, who cannot currently be named due to their age, were found guilty at Nottingham Crown Court on Monday.

A judge will consider lifting the ban on naming the pair - both aged 12 - in July, with sentencing to follow in September.

Mr Seesahai was from Anguilla in the Caribbean, but had travelled to the UK to get help with his eyesight and lived in Handsworth, Birmingham.

During the incident he was struck with the machete to his back, legs and skull and also beaten.

The pair are believed to be the youngest convicted of the crime since James Bulger's killers were detained in 1993.

During a trial at Nottingham Crown Court, the boys sought to blame each other, but the jury convicted them both of Mr Seesahai's murder on Monday, 10 June.

The application to lift the reporting restrictions will be heard on Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 July 2024.