Pictured: The Snapchat tribute girl accused of Brianna Ghey murder posted hours after teen was stabbed to death
01.12.2023 - 16:08
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
This is the tribute a girl accused of Brianna Ghey's murder posted on Snapchat the day after the teenager was found dead. Girl X took to the social media platform to post the message, over a screenshot of a news article featuring an image of Brianna.
It was headed with 'rest in peace', with images of two white doves. Jurors at Manchester Crown Court have heard that the caption, posted the day after Brianna's body had been found by dog walkers in Culcheth Linear Park, read: "Brianna was one of the best people I have ever met and such an amazing friend its so f****** sickening what got done to her."
Girl X, 16, from Culcheth, and Boy Y, from Leigh, both deny murder. The pair cannot be named due to legal reasons.
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Brianna, 16, was found dead in the park near Warrington on Saturday, February 11. She had been stabbed 28 times to the head, neck, back and chest, jurors have heard. She was pronounced dead at 4.02pm the same day.
On the fifth day of the trial, jurors were told that following the alleged murder, said to have been committed shortly after 3pm, that Girl X and Boy Y travelled back to their homes. At about at 4.28pm that afternoon, Boy Y messaged Girl X to say: "So how's your cat."
Girl X said: "Good lol, how's yours."
Boy Y replied: "It keeps trying to purr."
Jurors heard that Boy Y's internet search history showed that at about 4.50pm he looked up pages titled 'get help with anxiety, fear of panic', 'breathing exercise for stress' and '10 stress busters'. Girl X told Boy Y that her brother had