A teenage boy accused of murdering Brianna Ghey informed police he noticed his co-accused stabbing her, a courtroom has heard.
Boy Y and woman X, who can’t be named due to their ages, are each accused of murdering the transgender teenager, who was discovered stabbed 28 occasions with a searching knife in Culcheth Linear Park, close to Warrington, on the afternoon of 11 February.
Both defendants, aged 15 on the time and now each 16, deny homicide and are blaming one another as being answerable for {the teenager}’s loss of life, Manchester Crown Court has heard.
Jurors have been proven footage of police interviews with the suspects following their arrests the day after 16-year-old Brianna’s loss of life.
Boy Y stated woman X had invited Brianna, who he had by no means met earlier than, to fulfill up and go to the park and steered an space close to a bench.
He stated: “I turned away to go to the toilet behind a tree. When I turned back around I saw X stabbing Brianna. Brianna was on the floor.”
Boy Y informed detectives he noticed Brianna curled up on the ground as woman X stood over her with a knife.
He added: “I went to check if Brianna was alive. I put my hands on her. I got blood all on my hands.”
A detective requested him: “Did you see where the blood was coming from?”
“Everywhere,” boy Y replied.
He stated woman X stopped stabbing Brianna as a result of she noticed one other member of the general public within the park and he or she ran away. He claimed he adopted, and each of them then walked away from the park.
Boy Y stated: “I asked her why she did it. She said Brianna tried to break her and her boyfriend up.”
He stated woman X appeared “calm”, however he was “shocked and panicked”.
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Boy Y informed police he didn’t see the knife and didn’t know what woman X did with it afterwards.
But jurors have been informed it’s now accepted Brianna was killed with a searching knife belonging to boy Y, which was present in his bed room at his residence handle, with Brianna’s blood nonetheless on the weapon.
Neither defendant disputes that within the days and weeks earlier than Brianna’s loss of life that they had mentioned and made plans to kill her, prosecutors informed the courtroom.
The identical day boy Y was interviewed, woman X was additionally questioned by detectives when she claimed they have been with Brianna within the park and he or she was “very happy” and “really smiley”, however then abruptly “stormed off” to fulfill a 17-year-old from Manchester who was choosing her up in his automotive.
Girl X was informed by police her cellphone messages can be analysed by them, however she denied there was something on the gadget to do with Brianna’s loss of life.
She then made “no comment” to additional questions, the courtroom heard.
The trial continues.
Source: information.sky.com”