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Teen Eddie Ratcliffe who stabbed Brianna Ghey, 16, to death in ‘ferocious’ murder launches appeal against sentence
Monster was just 15 when he teamed up with sadistic teen to brutally murder schoolgirl
ONE of Brianna Ghey's evil teen killers has launched an appeal over his 20-year sentence for the brutal murder.
Eddie Ratcliffe and accomplice Scarlett Jenkinson knifed the schoolgirl to death when they were just 15.
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The twisted pair were jailed for life last month, with Ratcliffe receiving a minimum term of 20 years.
He has now lodged an appeal against his sentence with the Judicial Communications Office.
A senior judge will now decide if the bid will go ahead.
Sentencing last month, Mrs Justice Yip said the murder was “brutal” and “sadistic” and that a secondary motive was Brianna’s trans identity.
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The judge added: "Brianna was only 16-years-old. She had her whole life ahead of her.
"This case is unusual and it has shocked the public."
Jenkinson and Ratcliffe had hatched a macabre plot to slaughter Brianna.
After luring the schoolgirl, who was transgender, to Linear Park in Warrington, they used a hunting knife to stab her in a "ferocious" attack.
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Manchester Crown Court was told the pair "encouraged one another to think about how they would actually carry out a killing".
This culminated in a "kill list" of five people they wanted to murder before eventually settling on tragic Brianna.
In a note headed "Saturday 11th February 2023. Victim: Brianna Ghey” - the day she was killed - Jenkinson outlined her plans.
Haunting moment Brianna Ghey is seen with teen killers before they leave park alone after knifing schoolgirl to death
The teen wrote: "Meet [Ratcliffe] at wooden posts 1pm. Walk down to library…bus stop. Wait until Brianna gets off bus then the 3 of us walk to linear park. Go to the pipe/tunnel area.
"I say code word to [Ratcliffe]. He stabs her in the back as I stab her in the stomach. [Ratcliffe] drags the body into the area. We both cover up the area with logs etc”.
Brianna met her killers at the bus stop before the trio were seen entering an alleyway to the park 2.02pm.
Just over an hour later, Brianna was found covered in blood and lying face down in mud by a dog walker.
Brianna suffered "unsurvivable" injuries, including catastrophic blood loss after she was knifed in the back and chest.
Jenkinson and Ratcliffe had penetrated Brianna's throat and lungs with the blade.
One stab wound reached a depth of 11cm and sliced through the teen's heart.
Brianna also had "defensive" wounds to her arms and hands where she desperately attempted to fight her attackers off.
Timeline of terror - how Brianna's killing unfolded
2022
November
- The two teenagers discussed killing a child referred to in court as boy M.
December 5
- Jenkinson sends Ratcliffe a video which was apparently an advert for an underground site for people who like rape, snuff, torture and murder.
December 15
- She messages Ratcliffe, telling him she is "obsessed over someone" called Brianna but did not have feelings for them.
2023
January 1
- Ratcliffe sends Jenkinson a photograph of a hunting knife and tells her: "Spent my money. I bought a knife."
January 23
- Jenkinson messages Ratcliffe, telling him she gave Brianna so many tablets it "should have been enough to kill her".
January 26
- The two teenagers compile a list of at least four people, as well as Brianna, they wanted to kill.
February 3
- Jenkinson sends Ratcliffe a picture of a handwritten note of their plan of how to kill Brianna, titled "Saturday 11th February 2023. Victim: Brianna Ghey".
February 11
1.41pm - Brianna sends her mother a message saying: "I'm on the bus by myself, I'm scared."
1.53pm - Brianna meets Jenkinson and Ratcliffe at a bus stop in Culcheth.
2.30pm - Brianna messages a friend, describing Jenkinson as "weird".
3.06pm - Brianna sends a message to Jenkinson saying ";Girl where are you".
3.13pm - Brianna is found lifeless by dog walkers Kathryn and Andrew Vize.
4.02pm - Brianna is declared dead at the scene.
February 12
- Jenkinson and Ratcliffe are arrested at their homes.
February 15
Police find Brianna's phone in a drain, stained with her blood in an area Jenkinson and Ratcliffe were seen walking shortly after the murder.
The court was told "many" of the stab wounds damaged her bones and would have required "considerable force".
In an emotional victim impact statement at the teens' sentencing, Brianna's mum Esther Ghey said she believes the pair are still a danger to society.
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The mum added: "I don't believe that someone who is so disturbed and obsessed with murder and torture would ever be able to be rehabilitated.
"I have moments where I feel sorry for them, because they have also ruined their own lives, but I have to remember that they felt no empathy for Brianna when they left her bleeding to death after their premeditated and vicious attack, which was carried out not because Brianna had done anything wrong, but just because one hated trans people and the other thought it would be fun."
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