Brianna Ghey’s Killers Identified After Judge Lifts Restrictions

Published on February 2, 2024

A judge has lifted legal restrictions on identifying a boy and a girl who were convicted last month of killing Brianna Ghey, a teenage boy who identified as a girl. The pair, who were only 15 at the time, stabbed 16-year-old Brianna 28 times with a hunting knife in Linear Park, Culcheth, Cheshire, on Feb. 11, 2023. Because they were both juveniles they were referred to throughout the trial as Girl X and Boy Y but on Friday Mrs. Justice Yip lifted reporting restrictions on Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe. The pair sought to blame each other during the trial at Manchester Crown Court, but they were both found guilty of murder....