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Timeline: How 12-year-olds became Britain's youngest knife murderers

The boys could walk free at the age of 20

27 Sept

Shawn Seesahai was attacked on Wolverhampton's Stowlawn playing fields in November 2023.

Britain's youngest knife murderers sentenced for machete attack to heart

The boys will be 20 years old when released from custody.

27 Sept

Alison Cope (left), Nikita Kanda (middle), Tracy Fisher (right)

Mum of nightclub stabbing victim says zombie knife ban is 'just not enough'

The ban puts zombie-style knives and machetes on a list of dangerous prohibited items, along with butterfly knives, Samurai swords and push daggers.

25 Sept

Man stabbed unprovoked three times in broad daylight shares harrowing story

'I used to be terrified to leave my home': Students speak ahead of machete ban

Will new zombie knife legislation make our streets safer?

Judge refuses to lift anonymity of schoolboys who murdered teen with machete

'I feel for their parents': father of teen murdered by 12-year-olds with machete

Shawn Seesahai: two 12-year-old boys found guilty of murdering teen with machete

Seven teens locked up after killing man, 21, in horror 'Rambo' knife attack

Youth violence in Birmingham will rise if cuts continue, community leader warns

Teenager who 'calmly' walked into random house and murdered pensioner jailed

Two teenagers appear before court charged with murdering boy, 15

Two boys charged after schoolboy stabbed to death

Boy, 13, arrested in murder investigation after schoolboy stabbed to death