BRIANNA Ghey's killers have been jailed for a total of 42 years after murdering the teen in an evil plot.
Scarlett Jenkinson & Eddie Ratcliffe were just 15 years old when they hatched a horrific plan and knifed helpless Brianna 28 times with a hunting knife.
The schoolgirl, 16, was lured to Linear Park in Warrington, in February last year by the sadistic pair - who are now both 16.
Brianna, who was transgender, didn't stand a chance against the "ferocious" attack, which saw her found dead in the park by a dog walker.
Jenkinson and Ratcliffe were this morning named by a judge at Manchester Crown Court.
Previous reporting restrictions meant the killers could only be referred to during their trial as girl X and boy Y.
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After finding Jenkinson and Ratcliffe both guilty, Judge Mrs Justice Yip lifted reporting restrictions because of the severity of their crimes.
On Friday, they were both sentenced to life.
Jenkinson was jailed for a minimum of 22 years while Ratcliffe was handed 20 years.
Ahead of their sentencing this morning, Jenkinson admitted for the first time stabbing Brianna herself.
Deanna Heer KC, prosecuting, told the court she had been seen by a psychiatrist after she was convicted of murder last December and made "admissions".
Ms Heer said: "She said effectively, she said that at the time of the killing she had in fact administered stab wounds herself.
"She had snatched the knife from Eddie's hand and stabbed Brianna repeatedly.
"She said Eddie had thrown Brianna to the floor and stabbed her three or four times then he panicked and said he did not want to kill her, so she carried on and stabbed her a number of times.
"When asked how many, she answered, 'A lot.' She was satisfied and excited by what she was doing."
Ms Heer said Jenkinson claimed Ratcliffe did not like Brianna because she was trans but her motivation was "quite different."
Jenkinson said she also intended to take a part of Brianna's body, "as a token, part of her flesh".
She also admitted an earlier incident when Brianna became ill came about in an attempt by her to poison her victim with pills.
Ms Heer said, in a further account of events to a probation officer, Jenkinson had said she and Ratcliffe deliberately lured Brianna to the park.
Ms Heer continued: "On this occasion she said it was she who first inflicted stab wounds then passed it to Eddie who forced the victim to the floor, stabbing her about three times, at that point she took the knife and delivered the majority of stab wounds."
It can now be revealed Jenkinson, whose parents were both teachers, had been expelled from Culceth High School over a drug incident.
Ratcliffe meanwhile is the son of a truck company manager dad and ski instructor mum.
Victim impact statements
The family of Brianna bravely read out their victim impact statements this morning.
Brianna's mum Esther Ghey was too heartbroken to personally read hers - so prosecutor Ms Heer read it on her behalf.
She added: "Esther, I think it's fair to say, can't bring herself to do it."
In the statement, Ms Ghey said the "hardest thing" to come to terms with was finding out that one of those charged with Brianna's murder was someone she believed to be her daughter's friend.
She said she had been "pleased" when Brianna sent a text message on February 11 to say she was going to meet a friend.
She said: "I thought that she would have a wonderful time, hanging around with her friend and getting some fresh air.
"When all that time she was being lured to her death.
"All I can think about is that she would have been scared and I wasn't there for her.
"She needed me to protect her, Brianna wasn't a fighter and she must have been so terrified."
She also wrote that she felt Jenkinson and Ratcliffe would continue to be a danger to society.
She added: "I don't believe that someone who is so disturbed and obsessed with murder and torture would ever be able to be rehabilitated.
"I have moments where I feel sorry for them, because they have also ruined their own lives, but I have to remember that they felt no empathy for Brianna when they left her bleeding to death after their premeditated and vicious attack, which was carried out not because Brianna had done anything wrong, but just because one hated trans people and the other thought it would be fun."
They are pure evil
Brianna's dad Peter Spooner
Reading a statement to the court, Brianna's dad Peter Spooner said being the father of a transgender child had been "a difficult thing to deal with" but he had been "proud to gain another beautiful daughter".
He said: "We were forming a new relationship and these two murderers have stolen that from us both.
"I hate how Brianna's life has been brutally taken away from her and she has been deprived of the life she wanted to live.
"She never had the chance to sit her exams or go on to further education.
"Now my world has been torn apart, justice may have been done with the guilty verdicts, but no amount of time spent in prison will be enough for these monsters.
"I cannot call them children as that makes them sound naive or vulnerable which they are not, they are pure evil, Brianna was the vulnerable one."
'Preoccupied with violence'
Jenkinson struck up a friendship with Ratcliffe, who had a crush on one of her friends, and the pair began messaging each other.
But their innocent chats soon turned deadly as they 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.
It was today revealed that since being held in a secure youth accommodation, Jenkinson has drawn up a second "kill list" with staff members.
Ms Heer KC, prosecuting, said: "Another kill list was found at the secure unit which refers to names of people caring for her."
Jenkinson 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".
Timeline of terror - how Brianna's killing unfolded
2022
November
- The two teenagers discussed killing a child referred to in court as boy M.
December 5
- Jenkinson sends Ratcliffe a video which was apparently an advert for an underground site for people who like rape, snuff, torture and murder.
December 15
- She messages Ratcliffe, telling him she is "obsessed over someone" called Brianna but did not have feelings for them.
2023
January 1
- Ratcliffe sends Jenkinson a photograph of a hunting knife and tells her: "Spent my money. I bought a knife."
January 23
- Jenkinson messages Ratcliffe, telling him she gave Brianna so many tablets it "should have been enough to kill her".
January 26
- The two teenagers compile a list of at least four people, as well as Brianna, they wanted to kill.
February 3
- Jenkinson sends Ratcliffe a picture of a handwritten note of their plan of how to kill Brianna, titled "Saturday 11th February 2023. Victim: Brianna Ghey".
February 11
1.41pm - Brianna sends her mother a message saying: "I'm on the bus by myself, I'm scared."
1.53pm - Brianna meets Jenkinson and Ratcliffe at a bus stop in Culcheth.
2.30pm - Brianna messages a friend, describing Jenkinson as "weird".
3.06pm - Brianna sends a message to Jenkinson saying "Girl where are you".
3.13pm - Brianna is found lifeless by dog walkers Kathryn and Andrew Vize.
4.02pm - Brianna is declared dead at the scene.
February 12
- Jenkinson and Ratcliffe are arrested at their homes.
February 15
Police find Brianna's phone in a drain, stained with her blood in an area Jenkinson and Ratcliffe were seen walking shortly after the murder.
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 - Jenkinson outlined her plans.
The teen wrote: "Meet [Ratcliffe] 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 [Ratcliffe]. He stabs her in the back as I stab her in the stomach. [Ratcliffe] drags the body into the area. We both cover up the area with logs etc”.
Chilling messages revealed bloodlust
They originally planned to meet Brianna on January 28 but Ratcliffe said he would not be able to carry out the killing on a "school night".
Fuelled by her bloodlust, Jenkinson 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, Jenkinson said: "I really want one of its eyes. They have pretty eyes."
She also wrote: "I want to stab her at least once even if she's dead jus coz its fun lol."
After deciding on a date, Jenkinson 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.
The schoolgirl was captured on CCTV boarding a bus from nearby Birchwood Station to Culcheth Library.
While on the bus, Brianna messaged her mum Esther Grey to tell her she was on her way to meet Jenkinson and was "scared".
Esther said that her daughter would often stay in at weekends due to her anxiety.
In response to her venturing out, she had replied: "That's well good".
Brianna met her killers at the bus stop before the trio were seen entering an alleyway to the park 2.02pm.
Just over an hour later, Brianna was found covered in blood and lying face down in mud by a dog walker.
Catalogue of horror injuries
Brianna suffered "unsurvivable" injuries, including catastrophic blood loss after she was knifed in the back and chest.
Jenkinson and Ratcliffe 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 her 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".
Following the murder, Jenkinson 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 Jenkinson and Ratcliffe'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 the pair'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 Jenkinson'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 Jenkinson had used Ratcliffe 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".
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Tragically, no motive for the murder has been given - with the lead investigator saying both had a "thirst for killing".
Detective Chief Superintendent Mike Evans, head of crime at Cheshire Police, also previously revealed fears they could have struck again if they were not caught.
