Brianna Ghey murder trial: girl accused tells jury she 'panicked' and ran away from stabbing but insists she didn't kill teen

A girl accused of murdering Brianna Ghey told a jury she heard a scream and turned to see her co-defendant stabbing the teenager to death.

The teenager, who became tearful at one stage of her evidence, said she saw Brianna wasn't breathing, became 'scared', 'panicked', and ran out of the park with the other youth. She said she feared she would be 'overpowered' if she tried to step in and admitted she sent messages to Brianna the next day 'to cover myself' and lied to police when she was arrested.

Brianna, 16, a transgender girl, died after being stabbed 28 times in a park near Warrington earlier this year , the jurors have been told. Two defendants, both aged 16 now but 15 at the time, known in press reports as Girl X and Boy Y, deny murder. Girl X and Boy Y cannot be named due to legal reasons. They are blaming each other for the death.

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Brianna's body was found face down by dog walkers in Linear Park in Culcheth at around 3pm on Saturday, February 11. She is said to have been stabbed in the head, neck, back and chest.

As their trial resumed at Manchester Crown Court today (Monday), Girl X was answering questions posed by her barrister Richard Pratt KC for a second day.

Girl X agreed she had been to the shops and bought a drink before meeting Brianna and making their way to the park. She denied she had had any discussion with Boy Y about what was going to happen before she met Brianna. Girl X also denied they had discussed him bringing a hunting knife.

“I didn’t think he was actually going to bring a knife," she said.

Girl X confirmed she