Brianna Ghey's killers snared by sick WhatsApp messages plotting chilling murder
Brianna Ghey's killers plotted to murder as many as six children in a series of disturbing WhatsApp messages that helped to snare them.
Text messages by defendants Girl X and Boy Y gave an insight into their blood thirsty desires and ultimately saw them brought to justice. The contents of their phones, seized following their arrests, gave an "almost word for word" plan for 16-year-old Brianna's murder, said Cheshire Police's head of crime Detective Chief Superintendent Mike Evans.
And they also discussed killing a further five teenagers in their messages over the months leading up to February 11 2023, when Brianna was stabbed 28 times in Culcheth Linear Park in Warrington. Boy C and Boy S found their way onto the so-called kill list because they had been in dispute with Girl X's boyfriend and Boy R came to their attention because she "hated him" and thought he would be an "easy kill", While Boy E was targeted because he was believed to be a "nonce" and Boy M drew their ire because Boy Y believed he was getting close to a girl he liked.
Brianna was killed in a Warrington park (MEN Media)Manchester Crown Court heard during their trial that messages recovered from Girl X and Boy Y's phones showed a "preoccupation with violence, torture and death" and "recorded them discussing how they wanted to kill people that they knew" reported the Liverpool Echo. Prosecutor Deanna Heer KC told a jury of seven men and five women: "If that was not an unusual way for teenagers to speak to one another, the messages demonstrate how, over time, they encouraged one another to think about how they would actually carry out a killing, and show how they planned together to kill Brianna in just the way that she was in fact killed."
In one series of messages exchanged during November 2022, they were said to have "discussed killing" a child known as Boy M, "someone oy Y feared was getting too close to" another youngster, girl A. In one message, he said: "I thought oy M was your friend, but you seem pretty ok with me killing him." Girl X then replied: "He is my friend tbh [to be honest] but idc [I don’t care] if you kill him. I can do my best to help you too."
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The following day, Girl X "reiterated that she would kill Boy M if Boy Y wanted her to", after which he replied: "Yeah, I’m not opposed, and yes, you are correct he could ruin my chances. Also, if or when you do, I want to be there as well to tie up some things." Girl X told him "you can restrain him as I kill him so it's easier". Boy Y then said: "I would want to do a few things beforehand."
The 'crumpled' handwritten note detailing a 'plan to kill' Brianna (MEN Media)Girl X continued: "If I do end up killing Boy M, I have a really sharp blade. The same one that Sweeney Todd uses. If we kill Boy M, can I keep some things, a couple of teeth and an eye? Idk [I don’t know] how I would cut eye out though and get teeth out, and torture before killing." Boy Y later said: "And if you cut his heels and chop his tongue, he can’t run or talk. I don’t know what I would get of him."
On December 5 last year, Girl X sent Boy Y a video which "referred to killing and torture" and was "apparently an advert for an underground site for people who like rape, snuff, torture and murder". She added: "I love watching torture vids, real ones on the dark web." She was later found to have the browser Tor installed on her phone, which allowed access to the dark web. Girl X said in another message: "I’ve liked this stuff for a while, I’m just happy cos I finally found a good red room."
Boy Y then replied "just make sure no one finds out". The two then discussed "whether potassium cyanide, sarin or ricin was a better way to kill someone". His internet history showed that he had "carried out searches in respect of nerve agents" the following day. Then, on December 18, Girl X asked Boy Y "how she could get hold of real videos of people being tortured, because on the dark web you usually had to pay".
The knife used in the attack on Brianna (PA)He replied "why would I know?" and "asked why she needed it". The girl responded that she "really liked it". When Boy Y "suggested ways to take her mind off it", Girl X said "I don't wanna take my mind of it". She "spoke about hallucinating that she was covered in the blood of someone called Laydon" and "hearing him scream or choke on his own blood and seeing herself smiling holding the knife".
On January 1 2023, Boy Y sent her a picture of the hunting knife which was used to kill Brianna six weeks later. Girl X was said to have been "intrigued" by her, telling her co-defendant in one message: "I’m obsessed over someone I know but don’t have feelings for them.
"She’s called Brianna, I don’t know how to explain. Also she has a d***, lol." Girl X sent pictures of Brianna to Boy Y, who then asked "is it a femboy or a tr***y?". She replied that she was "trans" and "looked really pretty". He then asked her to "tell me what you feel when you interact with it", to which she replied that she "got nervous and stuff, but her heart felt normal", adding: "She's really different".
Brianna pictured with her mum Esther (@peaceinminduk)But Ms Heer said that her "fascination with Brianna turned darker", sending Boy Y pictures of a pair of scissors and a blood-stained tissue and adding that "she was going to eat human flesh". Girl X's messages added: "I fed them a f*** ton of tablets and then cut their wrists with scissors, and then I slit their throat and blood went everywhere so I had to get a f*** ton of tissues."
Boy Y asked her "was it your femboy thing?", to which she replied: "No, they went on holiday. I didn't have a chance to." On January 23, Girl X sent him a picture of a quantity of ibuprofen tablets and asked: "Btw do you die from eating ibuprofen gel? I've got a plan if you do." Boy Y replied: "It is dangerous yes. But I’m not sure how much would be lethal."
Girl X continued: "You know that girl I mentioned, Brianna? I’m still tryna kill her, and the easiest way is pill overdose. People already know she is depressed and s***, so nobody would get sus. But for some reason she has a high tolerance, I gave her some today that should have been enough to kill her."
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Girl X said Brianna had "felt bad and thrown up" but "didn't die". Ms Heer told jurors: "Until this point, although the defendants had spoken to one another about wanting to torture or kill, there is no evidence that they in fact had acted upon their words. However, when Girl X told Boy Y that she had given Brianna an overdose of ibuprofen tablets, it seems that she wasn’t making it up. Brianna was indeed on holiday on the 18th of January as Girl X said, but by the 23rd of January she had returned home.
Girl X and boy Y have been found guilty of murdering Brianna (MEN Media)"Her mother, Esther Ghey, recalls an occasion during that week when Brianna was sick. She recalls that Brianna was in real pain and thought that she was going to die. Her mother was concerned enough to think that it might be appendicitis. She recalls that Brianna vomited and that the vomit contained what she thought were grape skins but, thinking back, may well have been the remnants of red ibuprofen gel tablets.”
"The conversation between Boy Y and Girl X continued, with Girl X claiming to have killed Laydon. In fact, she claimed to have killed two people. There is no evidence that she had killed two people and, it seems, she invented these stories to impress Boy Y and to encourage him to believe that she was capable of killing someone without being caught. On this occasion, she said that she had killed Laydon and that she had told her boyfriend, who approved."
Boy Y was also said to have "approved" saying in one message: "How fun, but try not to tell anyone else. And the paracetamol, try doubling the dose, that should at least put him in a coma." Girl X then reported that Brianna was "still ill" and off school, adding: "Those tablets I gave her might slowly be killing her. She said 'I was in so much pain in my stomach'."
Boy Y replied: "If it gets worse she’ll get taken to hospital, but her liver should be done with it in a few days. Possibly by tomorrow." He suggested in another message that Girl X should use an ibuprofen gel paste, adding: "Try mixing them. Maybe the different chemicals will make it more dangerous."
Boy Y then sent her a screenshot of a product which she could purchase at Tesco and "suggested using lye or sodium hydroxide", which he described as "very dangerous", and that Girl X "could add it to Brianna’s drink". He added that she "would have to drink it fast since it's acid".
Girl X then said "I want something to pour into a drink that’s easy to get, odourless and kills her quickly". Boy Y's internet history showed that he "researched these toxic substances" online over the next hour-and-a-half before saying: "Unfortunately I can’t find how fast it kills, but I think it kills fast."
On January 24, Boy Y messaged two friends on WhatsApp and sent them pictures of a child known only as Boy E, whom he labelled a "nonce". He added: "I want to see him either beaten to death or kill himself, either one will make me happy." Boy Y also told these friends where Boy E lived and gave them his email address and details of his TikTok account. One replied "suggesting that they should get someone to petrol bomb him", after which he said: "That would be funny, they should record it and post it on every social media."
Later the same day, Girl X contacted Boy Y to say: "I need your help killing someone else. This one is harder. Well, two people, but I wanna leave space in between Boy C and Boy S." Girl X said the two boys "deserved death because they had hurt her boyfriend", asking: "Can you help me with it? Since I am helping you with Girl A."
Boy Y replied "you've got me there" and asked how she planned to kill them. Girl X responded: "Which you think is best, cos I’ve been doing it but unorganised tbh." He told her that she "should think about how to get them out and said he would do some research", adding: "I’ll only help kill, but that’s all. You have to get rid of the body."
The next day, Girl X told Boy Y that "she wanted him to help kill someone else", Boy R, as she "really hated him and he would be an easy kill". She later Googled "serial killer facts" and said she was "tryna plan the killings" and was "gonna focus on Boy R". Boy Y asked whether he "had any ideas", to which he replied: "Well first, you have to lure him out. So, depending on what excuse you use, it can change.
"Like drugs, if you said you were gonna give him some drugs you could drug him. Or if you just invited him to some place, you could assassinate him." Girl X was said to have asked for Boy Y's help "to restrain him" before they "discussed different ways in which they could torture him". She then said: "Idc [I don’t care] too much about torture, I just want him dead asap." Boy Y suggested: "Then you distract. I go from behind with my knife then stab his neck."
Girl X then said "and promise your definitely 100% gonna go through with this". Boy Y replied: "If the plan and timing are good then yes, I will." He enquired where she "usually killed people", to which she responded "the old farmhouse, but I thought of a better spot". Boy Y asked if this location was "concealed from the public", to which Girl X replied "ish".
Ms Heer said that, by January 26, the two had "compiled a list of four people they wanted to kill in addition to Brianna", and Girl X then "suggested that they should kill Boy E this Saturday at 1pm, because he was the easiest". Boy Y "suggested they could build a noose and make it look like he had killed himself", to which she responded: "Nah just stab him, slit his throat and stab his back."
He then asked "could I stab him?", and Girl X said: "Sure, I know a hidden spot nobody goes to in Linear Park. You manage to get him out and we meet up at the wooden posts in Linear, then be like let’s sit and chill somewhere. We walk to the spot, you restrain him and slit his throat and stab him and then I'll help. Do you have any decent weapons?
Boy Y said he "had a sharp knife" before they "discussed how they could lure Boy E out". Ms Heer added: "Girl X went as far as creating a fake Instagram account, which they used to try to contact this child. While they waited for a response, Boy Y said 'before he dies, we would have to delete this conversation on his phone'. They then discussed how they would go about killing Boy E, eventually deciding that the best way would be to hang him.
Girl X asked Boy Y "whether he had any rope" to which he replied "no, but Leigh has lots of tool shops". He then searched Amazon for ropes "but concluded that £12 plus postage and packaging was just too expensive". Boy E was said to have blocked the Instagram account and Girl X instead "encouraged Boy Y to speak to him in person and to buy some rope from the shop in Leigh", after which he continued searching for ropes on the internet. She then told him: "If we can’t get Boy E tomorrow, we can kill Brianna."
Boy Y responded: "Yeah. It’ll be easier and I want to see if it will scream like a man or a girl." Girl X told him "we need to think of a plan". Boy Y said: "But the body plan is first, if we know what we’re doing with the body we’ll know what we can and can’t do." The girl then replied: "Let's stab her. Original Boy E plan, back and throat."
A few minutes later, Girl X said in another message "she's agreed to come to Culcheth tomorrow”. Boy Y responded: "So I bring my knife?" Girl X told him: "Yes. Is it definitely sharp enough btw?" She then described how she had arranged to meet Brianna by Culcheth Library at 1pm, before they would walk to Culcheth Linear Park. Girl X was said to have "told Brianna that they were going there to get high on cocaine", and said in a message to Boy Y: "Meet me at the wooden posts in Linear at 12. We’ll go over plan again and I’ll show you where I’m killing her.
"And then we both walk to the library to meet her, and grab on to Brianna. Slit her throat. When she starts to fall, stab her in the back then pass me knife. I want to stab her at least once even if she’s dead, jus coz its fun lol." Girl X said she had a "chef blade" when asked if she had her own knife. Boy Y then said: "Let's have two words, one for getting the knife ready and another to stab."
The following morning, Girl X replied: "For get knife ready, I’ll look at you and cough. And to stay [stab] I’ll say gay." Ms Heer said that Girl X and Boy Y went on to meet in Culcheth on Saturday, January 28. The latter had arranged for his mum to give him a lift to the village, but at 11.25am the girl messaged him to say: "I’m f***ing p***ed. Brianna just last minute said she cant come. She said she might be able to past 5."
Boy Y arrived at a Sainsbury's store in Culcheth shortly before 12.30pm before walking to meet Girl X at her house. The two then continued onwards to Culcheth Linear Park, where she filmed him underneath a bridge "about two to three minutes' walk from the site at which Brianna would eventually be killed".
They remained together until some time after 3pm, when Boy Y returned to Leigh on a bus. As he waited at his stop, Girl X messaged him to say Brianna "just said she couldn’t come out that day, but could meet after school on Tuesday". He however said he "was not bringing a knife" to school and said "it would have to be a Saturday". The two "continued to discuss killing Brianna" on Monday, January 30, when Girl X "suggested she could kill Brianna by giving her an overdose of cocaine".
But she then said: "Let's just stab her. It's more fun." Boy Y replied: "Ok". The court heard of further messages which were exchanged between the two defendants in the weeks and months before the stabbing. In one on February 3, Girl X sent Boy Y a picture of a handwritten note headed: "Saturday 11th February 2023. Victim: Brianna Ghey."
This piece of paper, which Ms Heer described as "a plan to kill Brianna Ghey", would later be found in her bedroom following her arrest. It read: "Meet [Boy Y] at wooden posts 1pm, walk down to library, bus stop. Wait until Brianna gets off bus, then the three of us walk to Linear Park. Go to the pipe/tunnel area. I say code word to [Boy Y]. He stabs her in the back as I stab her in the stomach.
"[Boy Y] drags the body into the area. We both cover up the area with logs etc." Then, on Friday, February 10, Boy Y asked Girl X: "About tomorrow. Have you asked it if it can go out tomorrow so we don’t repeat last time?" Girl X "said that she had and was waiting for a response", then sent Boy Y a copy of a message she had sent to Brianna "to persuade her to come to Culcheth". In it, she said: "Gonna get absolutely s***faced and high af [as f***], but can only go out in Culcheth coz police onto me again for vandalism and s*** in Birchwood so I have to stay here, but dw [don’t worry], I know a good spot that I always go to to do coke etc."
She later reported to Boy Y that Brianna would be arriving at 1pm and asked him "what knife you bringing?". He told her that he was bringing a hunting knife that "I showed you in person, as well as on the phone". Girl X responded: “Yeah, I remember. And that will definitely 100% kill her?" Boy Y replied: "Yes. It cuts my skin easily."
He then asked Girl X "whether she was bringing a knife and said she should, if she wanted to, stab Brianna as well". Boy Y also "said he was not going to throw his knife at her" and that "they had to do it fast". Girl X responded that she was "excited af [as f***] for tomorrow". "Tomorrow" was February 11 2023, the day that Girl X and Boy Y met Brianna Ghey off the bus before walking her to Culcheth Linear Park and brutally stabbed her 28 times and leaving her dying in a pool of blood.
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