Sentences for child killers of Wolverhampton man under review

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The attorney general's office is reviewing the sentences given to the two boys who murdered 19-year-old Shawn Seesahai in Wolverhampton last November. Concerns have been raised that the minimum term of eight years, issued last week, is too lenient.

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00:00The Attorney General's office is reviewing the sentences given to the two boys who murdered

00:0619-year-old Sean Ceeserhigh in Wolverhampton last November.

00:10Concerns have been raised that the minimum term of 8 years issued last week is too lenient.

00:16The pair were found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 8 years,

00:21meaning they will remain unlicensed for life.

00:24They are the youngest convicted murderers since the infamous Bulger case in 1993.

00:30The review comes after a request was submitted under the unduly lenient sentence scheme.

00:35This scheme allows anyone to ask the Attorney General to review sentences given in Crown

00:40Court cases.

00:42Sean Ceeserhigh had recently moved to the UK from Anguilla to undergo eye surgery.

00:47His family, who had used their life savings to repatriate his body and attend the trial,

00:52were unable to travel to the UK for sentencing, instead following it via video link.

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