A teenager who killed two schoolgirls in a 3am horror crash after taking his mum's car for a drive is facing a jail sentence.
27.11.2023 - 19:11 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Jurors in the murder trial of teenager Brianna Ghey have heard the alleged text exchanges between the two teenage defendants accused of her murder, including discussing stabbing her and also killing her with ibuprofen.
Brianna, 16, from Birchwood in Warrington, Cheshire, was found with fatal stab wounds on a path in Culcheth Linear Park in Warrington shortly after 3pm on February 11.
Two 16-year-olds, a boy, from Leigh, and a girl, from Warrington, who cannot be named due to legal reasons, deny her murder. The pair have gone on trial at Manchester Crown Court.
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Opening for the prosecution on Monday (November 27), Deanna Heer KC told jurors how the pair, named Girl X, from Warrington, and Boy Y from Leigh, now aged 16, were both 15-years-old at the time of the alleged murder.
The jurors were told that Brianna was found by dog walkers in the park laying in the mud, and that she had been stabbed 28 times, to the head, the neck, the back and to the chest in a 'sustained and violent assault.'
The court heard how Girl X and Boy Y discussed 'how they wanted to kill people' in text exchanges and that they were in 'regular contact' with one another.
The prosecution alleged that Girl X had a 'fascination' with Brianna after meeting in November 2022. Girl X is said to have sent a message to Boy Y which read: "I’m obsessed over someone I know, but don’t have feelings for them… She’s called Brianna… I don’t know how to explain. Also she has a d*** lol." She then said Boy Y sent some posts which Brianna had uploaded online.
The prosecution says Boy Y asked her: "Is it a femboy or a tra***?" to which
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