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Teens sentenced to life for killing transgender girl

AFP By AFP Published on: February 02, 2024 11:00 (EAT)
Teens sentenced to life for killing transgender girl

Brianna Ghey had thousands of followers on the social media platform TikTok. photo|X

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Two British teenagers were sentenced to life in prison on Friday for murdering a 16-year-old transgender girl in a knife attack that shocked the nation.

Judge Amanda Yip ruled that Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe, both 16, must serve a minimum of 22 years and 20 years respectively for killing Brianna Ghey in Warrington, northwest England, in February last year.


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