Brianna Ghey murderer Eddie Ratcliffe lodges appeal against life sentence
07.03.2024 - 12:47
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
One of Brianna Ghey's killers has lodged an appeal against his life sentence, the M.E.N. can reveal. Eddie Ratcliffe was jailed for life, to serve a minimum of 20 years, after unanimously being convicted of the 16-year-old's murder.
Ratcliffe was found guilty alongside his friend Scarlett Jenkinson. The pair, both 16, had plotted Brianna's murder for weeks.
The duo had a warped interest in death and torture, and had been plotting to kill other children. Brianna, a transgender girl, was lured to her death at Culcheth Linear Park near Warrington on February 11 last year.
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She was mercilessly stabbed 28 times during a horrendous attack. Last month Jenkinson and Ratcliffe were both sentenced for the brutal crime.
They were both detained at His Majesty's Pleasure, the equivalent of a life sentence for a youth. Jenkinson was ordered to serve a minimum of 22 years, while Ratcliffe was handed a 20 year minimum term.
Sources told the M.E.N. that Ratcliffe had lodged an appeal against his sentence with the Court of Appeal. The court confirmed that an appeal has been received, and said there was no record of appeal on behalf of Jenkinson.
The application is set to be reviewed by judges at a later date. Sentencing judge Mrs Justice Yip said the pair would only be released if the Parole Board decided that they 'no longer pose a danger'. Jenkinson, from Culcheth, and Ratcliffe, from Leigh, had known each other since the age of 11, attending Culcheth High School together.
Jenkinson transferred to Birchwood High School in October 2022, where she met Brianna, after she’d been 'excluded' following an incident 'around drugs being passed to another kid'. In the weeks