Everything heard in the third week of the Brianna Ghey murder trial

The trial of two teenagers accused of murdering Brianna Ghey has concluded its third week.

The two defendants, both aged 16, known for legal reasons as Girl X, from Culcheth and Boy Y, from Leigh, deny murder and cannot be named due to legal reasons.

Brianna, 16, a transgender girl, died after being stabbed 28 times in a park near Warrington earlier this year, jurors have previously heard. She was found by dog walkers in Linear Park in Culcheth at around 3pm on Saturday, February 11.

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Her bloodied body was found face down in mud, having been stabbed to the head, neck, back and chest, jurors have been told. The trial is being held at Manchester Crown Court, and continues for a fourth week on Monday.

This is everything heard during the third week of proceedings.

Girl X returned to the witness box to give evidence for a second day. She was asked about messages when she and Boy Y discussed killing Boy E.

She denied it was a real intention to kill him. Girl X said she had planned to hang herself with the rope when asked about discussion to obtain rope. Boy Y searched on the internet about how to obtain rope, the jurors were told.

Girl X was said to have messaged Boy Y to say if they couldn’t ‘get Boy E’ they could ‘technically’ kill Brianna. The defendant denied that she technically had a reason to kill her.

Boy Y said in a message he would bring his knife and Girl X asked ‘is it definitely sharp enough?’, jurors heard. The defendant denied she wanted Boy Y to obtain a knife.

Pressed why she had said this, the defendant told the court: “To add to the whole