Brianna Ghey's killers, a philosophy student who 'lost her temper' and 'Pink' the paedophile

The two teenagers who killed Brianna Ghey were among the worst offenders sent to jail in the UK in February 2024.

Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe carried out their disturbing murder plan after plotting it in text messages for weeks. They will spend at least 20 years behind bars for their crimes.

The sadistic pair were not the only teenage killers sent to jail in February. Abdul Yaro and Kavian Vaughans were locked up for stabbing a man in the street after he attended a party in London.

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Other criminals facing lengthy sentences include death-obsessed Scarlet Blake, who murdered a stranger after putting a cat in a blender and filming it, in homage to a Netflix true crime documentary, and Alice Wood, who deliberately ran over her boyfriend after an argument.

The head moderator for a dark web child abuse site, who was known as Pink, and a man who stabbed his sister to death with a samurai sword were also locked up in February.

Lengthy sentences are handed to some of the worst offenders each month. These are some of the most shocking court cases that have been widely reported in the UK in recent weeks.

Philosophy student Alice Wood ran over her fiance after she “lost her temper” with him. The 24-year-old has been jailed for a minimum of 18 years after a jury found her guilty of murder.

Wood had claimed her partner Ryan Watson died in a “tragic accident” when he was hit by the Ford Fiesta she was driving near their Cheshire home in Rode Heath at about 11.30pm on May 6 2022. But the court heard how “she lost her temper” and “used the car as a