The two 12-year-olds blame each other for stabbing Shawn Seesahai through the heart and causing a skull fracture
Defence lawyers representing two 12-year-olds accused of involvement in a fatal machete attack have each urged jurors to acquit their client of both murder and manslaughter. The youths, who cannot be identified because of their age, are alleged by the Crown to be jointly responsible for the murder of Shawn Seesahai, but blame each other for stabbing him through the heart and causing a skull fracture.
Ms Brand, representing the youth who admits owning the machete used to stab Mr Seesahai, asked jurors to consider whether the incident was “sparked” after the defendants were aggressively asked to move from a bench. “We invite you, ladies and gentlemen, on the evidence in this case, to consider that this may well have been a sudden and unexpected fatal stabbing by acting alone – perhaps because he panicked or lost his head.”
In his closing speech, Mr Lewis claimed Ms Brand’s client had a fascination with lethal weapons. He said of his client: “We submit that the proper verdicts would be not guilty on each of the counts that he faces.Mr Lewis then said of the other defendant: “This is a boy who scours the internet for them . It goes beyond showing an interest in knives.
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