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Brianna Ghey
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Two teenagers to go on trial in UK today accused of murder of Brianna Ghey
A girl and a boy, both 16, deny Brianna’s murder in February this year.
TWO TEENAGERS WILL go on trial in the UK later accused of the murder of teenager 16-year-old Brianna Ghey.
Brianna was found with fatal wounds on a path in Culcheth Linear Park, near Warrington, Cheshire, shortly after 3pm on Saturday, 11 February earlier this year.
A girl and a boy, both aged 15 at the time and from the local area, were arrested and charged with the murder of Brianna, a pupil at Birchwood High School, Warrington.
Both defendants, now aged 16, will appear at Manchester Crown Court later today for the start of their trial, expected to last between three and four weeks. Both deny murder.
Neither accused can be named by court order because of their age and are identified only as girl X, from Warrington, and boy Y, from Leigh, Greater Manchester.
Both are held in secure youth accommodation.
A jury is expected to be selected later today before the trial begins before Mrs Justice Yip.
