Esther Ghey wasn’t sure she was would be strong enough to address the crowd at Warrington’s Golden Square on Sunday.
More than a thousand people had gathered to remember her daughter, Brianna, exactly a year after she was murdered in a nearby park. Some knew Brianna from school or a local youth group for transgender children, but many had never met the sassy, sharp-tongued 16-year-old. All were united in sorrow for a life cut short.