THIS is the chilling moment the baby-faced killer who brutally stabbed Brianna Ghey to death spun a web of lies to cops.
Scarlett Jenkinson and pal Eddie Ratcliffe were just 15 when they knifed 16-year-old Brianna 28 times in Culcheth Linear Park on February 11, 2023.
PABrianna Ghey was brutally stabbed 28 times after being lured to a park[/caption]
Scarlett Jenkinson callously lied as she denied all knowledge of the crime to officersPA
PAEddie Ratcliffe pinned the murder on Jenkinson[/caption]
The callous teenagers were both given life terms for the premeditated murder in February, with a minimum of 22 years for Jenkinson and 20 for Ratcliffe.
They were convicted in December 2024 after a gruelling three-week trial at Manchester Crown Court.
In never-before-seen footage, Jenkinson and Ratcliffe put on a disturbing display during their police interview.
Jenkinson calmly lies as she denies knowing anything about Brianna’s murder.
She tells officers: “I didn’t even find out about it til after it happened…it was on the news.”
The 15-year-old admitted she was with Brianna the “day it happened” but claimed she’d left early.
“I texted her like ‘Why have you just ditched me and Eddie?’. She just didn’t respond,” lied Jenkins.
Meanwhile, Ratcliffe remains cool as he puts the blame on his twisted friend.
He tells the force he “can explain everything” and said he “saw Scarlett stabbing Brianna at least three times…stabbing her over and over”.
The haunting interview clips are set to air in a new ITV documentary, Brianna: A Mother’s Story, at 9pm tonight.
Brianna’s stoic mother Esther Ghey also speaks on the documentary.
She recalls meeting the mum of her daughter’s killer, Emma Sutton, for the first time.
“‘It was just something that we really wanted. I think since that meeting I speak to her every week,” Esther explained.
“I think it’s really been healing not just for me but for Emma as well.”
The Mega AgencyJenkinson was sentenced to a minimum of 22 years[/caption]
The Mega AgencyRatcliffe was handed a minimum of 20 years[/caption]
Not known, clear with picture deskJenkinson had befriended Brianna weeks before the brutal murder[/caption]
This comes after more footage revealed Brianna had helped Jenkinson dye her hair just weeks before the murder.
The video shows the tragic teen wash Jenkinson’s hair over a sink in a supermarket toilet.
More unseen videos due to be aired in the ITV doc tonight include Jenkinson and Brianna buying meal deals together in Sainsburys.
Esther said: “I didn’t want to believe it was Scarlett because she was a friend who Brianna obviously trusted and I trusted, I think it’s the worst possible betrayal.”
In the documentary, the mother will also share her heartbreak with a dad who similarly lost his teenage daughter to a violent stabbing driven by malicious online communications.
She is set to use the documentary to highlight online dangers surrounding social media, especially for children under 16.
Esther recalled how her 16-year-old had struggled with an eating disorder before her death which was made worse by websites promoting anorexia.
The former food technologist argues the Online Safety Act doesn’t do enough to protect young people.
She said previously how she feared Brianna would be raped and murdered by sadists on the dark web – but never people known to her,
Jenkinson and Ratcliffe were jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum 22 and 20 years, respectively, before being considered for parole in February last year.
Trial judge, Mrs Justice Yip, told Jenkinson “(you) knew (Brianna) was vulnerable and needed friendship and you abused that”.
She concluded that, while Jenkinson was motivated by her “deep desire” to kill, Ratcliffe was driven “in part by hostility towards Brianna because she was transgender”.
“You both took part in a brutal and planned murder which was sadistic in nature and a secondary motivation was hostility to Brianna because of her transgender identity”, the judge said.
Brianna: A Mother’s Story will air at 9pm this evening, on ITV1, ITVX, STV and STV Player.
Appeal thrown out
By Julia Atherley, Home Affairs Correspondent
This comes after the Attorney General ruled the sentences of Brianna Ghey’s killers were not too soft and will not be reviewed.
Their cases had been referred to the Attorney General to review under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.
But a decision was taken not to refer onwards to the Court of Appeal as the minimum terms were deemed acceptable.
The Attorney General’s Office said: “A referral can only be made if a sentence is not just lenient but unduly so, such that the sentencing judge made a gross error or imposed a sentence outside the range reasonably available in the circumstances of the offence.
“The threshold is a high one, and the test was not met for these sentences.”
Brianna’s dad, Peter Spooner, previously said “no amount of time” was enough for the “monsters”” who killed his daughter.
Jenkinson and Ratcliffe developed an obsession with killing and torture, their trial at Manchester crown court heard.
Judge Mrs Justice Yip said the attack, in Culcheth, Cheshire, last year, was also motivated by transphobic hate.
Ratcliffe has applied for permission to appeal his sentence.
PAHaunting footage from the day Brianna was killed[/caption]
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