Second teenager pleads not guilty to the murder of Brianna Ghey

A second youth has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Warrington teenager Brianna Ghey. The 16-year-old transgender girl from Birchwood was found with fatal stab wounds on a path in Culcheth Linear Park shortly after 3pm on February 11.

A police investigation was launched, with two 16-year-olds, a boy and a girl, charged with murder. At a pre-trial hearing at Manchester Crown Court on Wednesday (October 4), one of the defendants pleaded not guilty to the murder.

The other teenager entered a not guilty plea at a hearing at Minshull Street Crown Court, in Manchester, back in July.

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The girl, from Warrington, and the boy, from Leigh, were both in the dock for the hearing. The two teenagers cannot be identified because of their age.

Parents of both teenagers were in the court, with other relatives and half a dozen members of the press in a public gallery upstairs.

The pre-trial hearing is expected to last two days. A trial date has been set for November 27.