A boy and a girl have been found guilty of the "frenzied" murder of teenager Brianna Ghey.
30.11.2023 - 17:45 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
This footage shows Brianna Ghey take the bus before she met two teenagers who allegedly murdered her just over two hours later. Brianna, 16, boarded the number 28 bus from her home in Birchwood to Culcheth on Saturday, February 11.
Later that afternoon she was found dead in Culcheth Linear Park by dog walkers. She had been stabbed 28 times in the head, neck, back and chest, jurors at Manchester Crown Court have heard.
Two teenagers, both aged 16, known in press reports as Girl X and Boy Y, deny murder. Girl X, from Culcheth, and Boy Y, from Leigh, cannot be named due to legal reasons.
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Brianna left home at 12.45pm. She texted her mum to say: "I'm leaving to go see Girl X, dogs are locked up."
She was caught on the Ring doorbell at the family home before she made her way to the bus stop. Brianna waited about 20 to 30 minutes before a bus arrived.
Footage played to the jury showed Brianna pay her fare and take a seat on the bus. Jurors have heard that Girl X sent a message to Brianna that afternoon telling her to board the number 28 bus and 'ask for a child single ticket to Culcheth library'.
While on the bus, jurors have been told that Brianna messaged a friend on Snapchat saying: "I'm so anxious. I'm at the bus."
Prosecutor Deanna Heer KC said Brianna had a 'very distinctive look', and had long red hair, glasses, wearing a 'fluffy white jacket', a tartan grey skirt and over the knee white socks and white plimsolls, holding a bag over her shoulder. Jurors heard a statement from Kieran Mercer, who was driving the bus Brianna boarded.
Mr Mercer said: "The thing that made her
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