Two boys, 12, killed man with machete blows to head, court told

Two 12-year-old boys are accused of murdering an ‘utterly defenceless’ man by slashing his legs, back and head with a machete, a court has heard.

Jurors were told that Shawn Seesahai, 19, had offered no violence and done nothing to offend either of the boys, but was hit so hard on the skull that a piece of bone came away.

Both youths, who cannot be named because of their age, deny murdering Mr Seesahai, who was pronounced...