16-year-old killers of transgender teenager in England sentenced for 'sadistic' murder

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16-year-old killers of transgender teenager in England sentenced for 'sadistic' murder
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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.

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Oh yea the boy totally had nothing against trans people

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/20/thousands-of-messages-reveal-how-teenagers-plotted-of-brianna-ghey

The girl never misgendered her, but the boy called her "it" constantly. Continuing the trend of women being way more accepting of us than men.

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

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