Justice Amanda Yip lifted the reporting restrictions on naming the killers of 16-year-old Brianna Ghey. They were identified at Manchester Crown Court as Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe.

The horrific murder shocked the nation. Ghey was stabbed with a hunting knife 28 times in her head, neck, chest and back in broad daylight after being lured to a park in the town of Warrington on Feb. 11, 2023.

Yip handed Ratcliffe and Jenkinson a mandatory life sentence, and ordered them to serve a minimum term of 20 and 22 years, respectively, before they could be eligible for parole. If they had been adults — over the age of 18 — they would have faced much longer minimum terms. They will be transferred to adult prisons when they turn 18. Neither showed no visible reaction on being sentenced.

  • @Mahonia@lemmy.world
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    6810 months ago

    Just so we’re clear, this is the endgame of all of the propaganda against trans people. Many are culpable in this.

    • @afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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      1810 months ago

      Oh most def. The Chris–conservatives will with no regrets murder y’all the moment they can. This was never about sports or bathrooms or dorms. This is about a segment of the population who thinks God wants them to kill the LGBT and said as much in the Bible.

    • @Meowoem@sh.itjust.works
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      -1010 months ago

      Based on the evidence presented the murderers didn’t have anything against trans people, didn’t misgender her or anything like that. She seems to have been selected simply because she was an easy target due to various mental health issues

        • Lols [they/them]
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          910 months ago

          this isnt false, but it still feels a bit off to frame the female murderer as being way more accepting of trans folks

          • @PotatoKat@lemmy.world
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            310 months ago

            From all the articles I’ve read it never felt like she wanted to murder Brianna for being trans. She even had another target in mind that didn’t work out before going after Brianna. Just something to think about, a trans inclusionary sociopathic murderer

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        1310 months ago

        besides this just being false, her being considered an easy target is still pretty unambiguously influenced by society’s unfavourable view of trans folks

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        10 months ago

        It’s crazy how people want to believe this statement and will actually willingly believe it and never question it.

        I mean, imagine if a couple white kids killed a black kid for fun. Sure they/their community, their cops, their local journalists might all say it wasn’t racist but if you study racism you learn that shit goes deep! You don’t have to look at every isolated case as existing in isolation