A collection of vigils have been held throughout the nation on Friday evening to recollect Brianna Ghey, the 16-year-old who was stabbed to demise final weekend in Warrington, Cheshire.
Hundreds of individuals gathered at Culcheth Village Green near the place Brianna, a transgender woman, was discovered with deadly stab wounds on a path in a park on 11 February.
The vigil was attended by the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham and his daughter Annie. Mr Burnham was introduced up within the village.
“Here to remember Brianna, send our love to her family and support to young trans people everywhere,” he tweeted.
Many of these on the vigil – one among dozens across the UK – wore “Rest in power Brianna Ghey” T-shirts as crowds sang Over The Rainbow.
Tricia Anderton, 59, the secretary of Culcheth Village Choir, stated: “We have been very proud to play even only a small a part of this night’s vigil for Brianna.
“We are a very close community in Culcheth, with many of our choir members having lived in the village for many years and this awful tragedy has touched the hearts of everyone.
“We have been requested particularly to sing Over The Rainbow, and it was so beautiful to listen to everybody becoming a member of in.
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“Our thoughts and prayers are with Brianna’s family and friends.”
Hundreds of individuals additionally gathered outdoors the Hippodrome Theatre in Birmingham, and different vigils befell in Southampton, Nottingham and Edinburgh.
Meanwhile in an announcement, Brianna’s household stated they have been “overwhelmed” by the “support, positivity and compassion” proven throughout the nation.
Further memorials are deliberate over the weekend, with one other in her residence city of Warrington on Saturday afternoon.
A boy and a woman, each aged 15, have been charged together with her homicide – they appeared through videolink at Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday.
A trial date has been set for July.
Source: information.sky.com”