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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Daniel Boffey Chief reporter

Why judge allowed teenagers who murdered Brianna Ghey to be named

Brianna Ghey
Brianna Ghey was stabbed 28 times in a Warrington park. Photograph: Cheshire police/AP

Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe, both 16, previously known only as Girl X and Boy Y, have been named as the killers of Brianna Ghey following the the lifting of reporting restrictions by Mrs Justice Yip. It is not the normal run of things.

Ghey, a 16-year-old transgender girl, was stabbed 28 times in a Warrington park in an attack that had involved significant planning.

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