Brianna Ghey's two teenage killers are set to be named and photographed after a judge confirmed that a court order protecting their identities will be lifted at sentencing in February.
The two 16-year-olds, currently known to the media as Girl X and Boy Y, were found guilty of murdering Ghey in a wild knife attack in a public park.
Judge Yip confirmed today that the court order will be overturned at sentencing on February 2 due to the seriousness of their crimes.
The court order was first imposed during her appearance at Liverpool Crown Court last February and is based on Section 45 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999. It prevents the media from publishing any details that could lead to the identification of the defendants.
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This information includes names, addresses, schools or pictures.
The girl was only 15 years old at the time
The court heard she was lured to Linear Park in Culcheth, near Warrington, on the afternoon of February 11 before being killed.
Both teenagers denied murder during their trial and blamed each other for the killing, which investigators described as “horrific.”
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Esther Ghey, the murdered teenager's mother, said she has lost all sympathy for her daughter's killers and is glad they will spend “many years in prison and away from society”, Cheshire Constabulary said
Brianna Ghey, from Birchwood in Warrington, was found on a path in Linear Park in February PA
“But now that I know the true nature of both of them and see that neither of them shows an ounce of remorse for what they did to Brianna, I have lost any compassion I had for them before, and I am glad they will spend many more years in prison and away from society.”
Brianna's father Peter Spooner told the court: “My heart bleeds for Brianna every day and that will never go away – and the amount of guilt I feel can be unbearable at times.”
“But I will make sure her memory lives on in my thoughts and dreams.”