The two 16-year-old convicted killers of a transgender teenager in northwest England nearly a year ago have been given minimum sentences of 20 and 22 years.

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.

  • Meowoem@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    14·
    9 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

    • Psychodelic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      9 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

    • Anomaline@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      They wanted to kill a minority, but they called her the right pronoun.

      Surely this cancels it out.

      • Lols [they/them]@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        9 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.worldEnglish
          11·
          9 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

    • Lols [they/them]@lemm.eeEnglish
      01·
      9 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