TWO serial killer-obsessed teens who knifed Brianna Ghey to death after hatching a macabre plot have been found guilty of murder.
Brianna, 16, was stabbed 28 times in Linear Park in Warrington by a girl known as X and boy known as Y.
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The 16-year-old transgender schoolgirl had been lured to the park by the teens, who were both 15 at the time of the bloodbath.
There were gaps in the courtroom today as both X and Y were unanimously convicted of murder in just over four hours of jury deliberation.
During a harrowing trial, jurors heard how the young killers had exchanged chilling text messages leading up to Brianna’s death.
At first these were innocent as Y gushed about his crush on X’s pal A but soon turned sinister as the teens became “preoccupied with violence, torture and death”.
Manchester Crown Court was told the pair “encouraged one another to think about how they would actually carry out a killing”.
This culminated in a “kill list” of five people they wanted to murder before eventually settling on tragic Brianna.
X had grown “obsessed” with the teen and concocted a plot to kill her using medication.
Just 19 days before Brianna was slaughtered, the girl messaged her accomplice to let him know the grim plan had been put into action.
She said she believed she had given Brianna [painkillers] that “should have been enough to kill her”.
When the schoolgirl fell ill but did not die, the evil pair decided to choose a more gruesome method to murder Brianna.
In a note headed “Saturday 11th February 2023. Victim: Brianna Ghey” – the day she was killed – X outlined her plans.
The teen wrote: “Meet Y at wooden posts 1pm. Walk down to library…bus stop. Wait until Brianna gets off bus then the 3 of us walk to linear park. Go to the pipe/tunnel area.
“I say code word to Y. He stabs her in the back as I stab her in the stomach. Y drags the body into the area. We both cover up the area with logs etc”.
They originally planned to meet Brianna on January 28 but Y said he would not be able to carry out the killing on a “school night”.
Fuelled by her bloodlust, X replied: “I don’t want to wait, I just want her to die. I want to see pure horror on her face and hear her scream in pain.”
The boy responded: “Really? All I wanted to see is what size d**k it had.”
In another message, girl X said: ” I really want one of its eyes. They have pretty eyes.”
After deciding on a date, X settled in to watch her “favourite” film, Sweeney Todd, for the “9,000th time”.
The following morning, unwitting Brianna left her home to meet her killers in the park.
Her mum Esther Ghey said her daughter, who would often stay in at weekends due to her anxiety, had messaged to say she was meeting X and was on the bus.
Brianna had added: “I’m scared”.
Shortly after sending the text, she was discovered covered in blood and lying face down in mud by a couple who were out walking their dogs.
Brianna suffered “unsurvivable” injuries, including catastrophic blood loss after she was knifed in the back and chest.
X and Y had penetrated Brianna’s throat and lungs with the blade.
One stab wound reached a depth of 11cm and sliced through the teen’s heart.
Brianna also had “defensive” wounds to her arms and hands where she desperately attempted to fight her attackers off.
The court was told “many” of the stab wounds damaged Brianna’s bones and would have required “considerable force”.
Prosecutor Deanna Heer KC said there was “no doubt she was the victim of a sustained and violent assault”.
She added: “The prosecution case is that, whoever delivered the fatal blows, both defendants are equally guilty. Acting together, they planned and executed their plan to kill her.”
Following the murder, X hatched a ” false defence” to cover their tracks in case anyone looked at her phone.
She messaged Brianna saying: “Girl, is everything okay? Some teenage girl got killed in Linear Park its on news everywhere.
“And why did you ditch us for some random man from Manchester. Like wtf. That is so f***ed up.”
This mystery 17-year-old boy was simply a fictitious invention of X and Y’s, with the teen girl telling him: “Make sure story adds up”.
She also shared a Snapchat tribute to Brianna, saying: “Brianna was one of the best people I have ever met, such an amazing friend.
“It is f***ing sickening what got done to her.”
But her plan unravelled when police found an unopened bottle of Dr Pepper and empty bottle of Coke near the scene that matched X and Y’s DNA.
Brianna’s blood was also discovered on a £13.50 hunting knife the boy had bought on a skiing holiday six weeks before the murder.
When officers raided X’s home, they found another note with a “plan to kill”.
This one said: “Slit throat, dismember body, place pieces in bin bags, bury bags 7 feet underground”.
Police also discovered notes about serial killers, including Jeffrey Dahmer, Richard Ramirez and Harold Shipman.
It was suggested during the trial X had used Y as her “hitman” – referring to the boy as a “Tesco John Wick”.
Both teens sought to blame each other for the killing and each claimed their backs were turned when the fatal blows were delivered.
But Ms Heer said the evidence showed they were “in it together”.
The teens were remanded into custody to be sentenced at a later date.
Unwitting Brianna was seen leaving her home to meet the killers
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