’’Her murder will haunt me forever’’: Brianna Ghey’s parent speak after teens found guilty of murder

Two teenagers have been convicted of the murder of transgender schoolgirl Brianna Ghey. Brianna, 16, was stabbed with a hunting knife 28 times in her head, neck, chest and back in Linear Park, Culcheth, near Warrington, on Feb 11. #BriannaGhey #murder #Parents On Wednesday, following a three-and-a-half-week trial, jurors took less than four hours to find the two 16-year-olds, named only as Boy Y and Girl X, guilty of her murder. Manchester Crown Court heard Brianna’s killers lured her to the park after planning, in detail, the way in which they would end her life. Girl X and Boy Y, both aged 15 at the time, denied murder and blamed each other for the teenager’s death. At the time she was killed, Brianna, who had been born male, was living, dressing and referring to herself as female. Deputy chief crown prosecutor Ursula Doyle, of CPS Mersey-Cheshire, said: “This has been one of the most distressing cases I have ever dealt with. “The planning, the violence and
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