He had come to the United Kingdom from his home in the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla to receive medical treatment six months before his death.
[1] His family spent their whole life savings to repatriate his body back to Anguilla and had to take out a loan to attend the trial, earlier in 2024.
[3] One of the boys was described as having been groomed and exploited by "older youths and young men in the wider community who encouraged him towards the possession of knives".
Under section 45 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, media covering the case were prohibited from publishing the boys' names;[6][3] the trial judge, Mrs Justice Tipples, refused to waive this, ruling that their welfare outweighed the public interest.
[5] Seesahai's friend stated that they were in the park drinking Red Bull and discussing their Christmas plans when they were attacked, unprovoked, by the two boys.