'Joke' terms of killer boys face increase

Court of appeal to decide if treatment of pair too lenient

- MARTIN FRICKER

THE jail terms given to Britain's youngest murderers since the killers of James Bulger could be increased for being too lenient.

Shawn Seesahai's heartbroken family blasted the sentences handed to two boys who were just 12 when they hacked him to death.

The pair, now 13, were locked up for a minimum of eight years and six months, meaning with time spent on remand they will be free by the time they turn 20.

The boys, who cannot be named for legal reasons, lashed out at 19-year-old Shawn with a 16-inch machete in a Wolverhampton park in November last year.