
Teenagers, 16, Convicted of Murder of Brianna Ghey
Published on December 20, 2023
Two 16-year-olds have been convicted of the murder of Brianna Ghey, a teenage boy who identified as a girl, who was lured to a park near Manchester with the specific aim of realising the pair’s fantasy. Brianna, 16, was stabbed 28 times with a hunting knife in Linear Park, Culcheth, near Warrington, Cheshire, on Feb. 11, 2023. Because Brianna’s killers were both juveniles, they could not be named for legal reasons and were referred to throughout the trial as Girl X and Boy Y. The pair—who were both 15 at the time of the attack—sought to blame each other during the trial at Manchester Crown Court, but on Wednesday they were both found guilty of murder....
