'I thought life meant their whole lives': The heartbreaking reaction of Thusha, 6, after finding out the thugs who shot her had been sentenced

Thursday was a day off school for Thusha Kamaleswaran, who spent the morning watching her favourite cartoon shows on television. But at 1pm she switched channel for the lunchtime news. She knew she wasn’t supposed to, but she couldn’t help herself.

Thusha’s parents had told her not to watch, desperate to protect her from hearing anything about the gangland shooting that has left her paralysed from the chest down. 

But last week was an important turning point in Thusha’s short life. Not only did she return to school  for the first time since the incident a year ago, but the three men convicted over the attack on her were sentenced at the Old Bailey.       More