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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Caroline Davies

‘A part of me is missing’: Brianna Ghey’s family tell of trauma and loss

Brianna Ghey eating a biscuit in a park
Brianna Ghey. Her sister Alisha said the loss of her younger sibling was ‘indescribably painful’. Photograph: Family handout/Warrington police/PA

The parents, sister and stepfather of Brianna Ghey have given emotional victim impact statements during the sentencing of Eddie Ratcliffe and Scarlett Jenkinson. They spoke of a young, lonely, anxious girl who had faced many challenges, their trauma at her loss and the horrific nature of her death.

A series of statements, extracts of which are reproduced here, was read to the court as the two were being sentenced.

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