A chilling voice note sent by a killer child hours after he murdered a stranger revealed how he brazenly dismissed the crime in five words: "It is what it is." The 12-year-old was one of two schoolboys who plunged a terrifying machete through Shawn Seesahai's heart and 'chopped at' his head when they randomly crossed paths in a park.
Snapchat messages between the duo reveal how they discussed the stabbing in the hours after the killing in Wolverhampton. While one of the murderers admitted he felt 'scared', the other callously admitted he was not.
The messages were retrieved by West Midlands Police when they launched a probe into the killing. They have been revealed after they youths, both 12 at the time of the attack and who cannot be named for legal reasons, were locked up yesterday (Friday) for their crimes which makes them Britain's youngest knife killers. READ NEXT: Body of man, 21, found as emergency crews descend on scene In a group chat, a video showing the murder scene with the message 'someone got stabbed' was sent.
One of the boys replied 'we know' before going on to message: "Everyone's talking abt it, literally everyone, Everyone knows." The second boy - who owned the machete and took it to the scene - then sent a voice note saying: "It is what it is." His accomplice replied: "Everyone knows it happened, I'm scared man." The second boy then shared further messages saying 'I'm not' and 'idrc' - which means 'I don't really care'.
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