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Today's sentencing hearing heard a lot about Brianna Ghey's killers Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe, but throughout this trial we also got a glimpse into Brianna's life.

She was described as "fearless" by her family, as she bravely celebrated her identity as a transgender woman.

Esther Ghey, Brianna's mother, told the court that one of the "hardest" things to come to terms with was the fact that Brianna was murdered by someone she trusted.

Brianna's dad said being the father of a transgender child had been "a difficult thing to deal with" but he had been "proud to gain another beautiful daughter".

Mrs Justice Yip said Jenkinson was "exceptionally brutal" and "sadistic". The judge said Ratcliffe had followed Jenkinson's lead but that it would be "wholly wrong" to suggest he was under her control, determining that they had acted together.

Speaking of Brianna, the judge said she was only 16 and had her whole life ahead of her.

"Sadly, no-one will ever know what she will have achieved in her life. Even though her life was so short she made an impact," she said.

We're ending our live coverage there, but you can read other pieces across the BBC here:

• 'My daughter was fearless to be who she wanted to be'
• Brianna Ghey's killers given life sentences for brutal murder
• The teenagers who tried to get away with murder

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We'll soon be bringing our live page to a close, but before we do here's a recap of the key developments today:

• Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe, both 16, were sentenced to life in prison with minimum terms of 22 and 20 years respectively for the murder of Brianna Ghey
• The pair were identified for the first time after the judge in the case, Mrs Justice Yip, lifted a legal order preventing them from being named
• Brianna, also 16, was killed with a hunting knife in broad daylight at a park near Warrington in February 2023
• The judge said the "exceptionally brutal" murder had elements of sadism by Jenkinson and transphobic hate on the part of Ratcliffe

• In a statement read in court, Brianna's mother Esther said she had "never felt such grief" and that Brianna "must have been so scared" in the moments before her death
• Brianna's father, Peter Spooner, said: "Every day, something reminds me of Brianna and what she went through on that day"

Reporting from court was by BBC North of England correspondent Judith Moritz. Updates throughout the day were also brought to you by Emily Atkinson, Olivia Otigbah, Andrew Humphrey and Ali Abbas Ahmadi. The page was edited by Nathan Williams, Alex Therrien, Marita Moloney and Jasmine Taylor-Coleman.

Earlier, a safeguarding expert said a review should be conducted into Scarlett Jenkinson's interaction with key child protection services, including the police, social services and schools.

Appearing on Radio 4's World at One, Jim Gamble, former chief executive of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, said: "We've got front-line professionals where there are far too few of them and far too much work."

He added that it's "not an excuse" but reflects the pressure public sector professionals face.

More now on the length of sentence given to Brianna Ghey's killers, Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe, who are both 16.

Tim Hillier, a former head of the law school at De Montfort University, tells the BBC that while offenders under the age of 18 can usually expect shorter sentences than adult murderers, the judge will consider aggravating and mitigating factors in each case.

In this case the judge would have considered the "sadistic motivation and conduct" of the killers and the hostility shown towards a victim who was transgender, Hillier says.

Brianna Ghey's killers, Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe, have both received life sentences, with minimum terms of 22 and 20 years respectively, minus the the time they've spent on remand.

Here's a summary of what Judge Mrs Justice Yip said about the murderers as she sentenced them.

Scarlett Jenkinson was described as "exceptionally brutal", "sadistic" and the "driving force" behind the killing. The judge said Jenkinson had been motivated by a fantasy to kill and "make a real victim feel pain and fear". Jenkinson had expressed the desire to kill again, had shown no remorse, and had admitted enjoying her part in the murder, the judge noted.

Eddie Ratcliffe was said by the judge to have followed Jenkinson's lead. But Mrs Justice Yip said it would be "wholly wrong" to suggest Ratcliffe was under Jenkinson's control, saying he was capable of making his own decisions and supported the murder plan. He had displayed transphobic attitudes to Brianna in messages about her and encouraged Jenkinson's desires, the judge said.

Both were told that they will only be released if they can no longer been seen as a danger, otherwise they "may never be released".

Our colleagues at Radio 4 have just released a new documentary on Brianna Ghey.

File on 4 tells the story behind the teenager's murder, detailing the plans that Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe made for her killing.

It also reveals how Jenkinson had been part of a "managed move" to Brianna's school after she poisoned a younger girl with a cannabis-infused sweet.

Listen to A Plan to Kill, The Murder of Brianna Ghey, by clicking this link.

Dominic Casciani
Home and legal correspondent

Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe will, for now, not be sent to an adult prison - because the justice system does not place such young offenders in the same establishment as older criminals.

They'll be detained in one of a range of secure facilities but they will ultimately be moved to male and female prisons.

The youngest child offenders who are either a danger to themselves or others are detained in secure children’s homes - they are locked up in a facility that has less of a look and feel of a prison.

England and Wales has been shifting from a model of "secure training centres" - effectively mini-prisons for teenagers - to "secure schools" - with a greater emphasis on rehabilitation and education.

The first is due to open in the spring. Some young criminals go straight to young offenders institutions and may stay there until they're 21.

Wherever the two killers are placed, it won’t be cheap. It costs around £300,000 a year to care for each child in secure custody because the state has to throw huge resources at trying to turn them around.

Wyn Williams says she hopes the sentencing of Brianna's killers Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe brings some closure to their families, even though it "cannot erase the pain of Brianna's loss".

Wyn Williams brings her statement to an end by saying the the CPS would again like to thank Brianna's family "for the courage and dignity" they showed throughout.

"Our thoughts and sympathies remain with them at this difficult time."

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Nicola Wyn Williams, from CPS Merseyside and Cheshire's complex case unit has been delivering a statement outside Manchester Crown Court.

She says today concludes "one of the most disturbing cases that the CPS has had to deal with".

She says the ages of Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe are "beyond belief" and they have become convicted killers at "just 16".

Wyn Williams says the pair had "a deadly influence on each other", adding that they turned their "dark fantasises into a reality".

She adds: "The messages between the two provided a terrifying insight into the warped desires and fantasies of the two defendants. However, they also provided us with the motivation behind the attack, the plans and then the attempts to cover it up."

As we've mentioned, the sentencing of Brianna Ghey's killers was televised.

You can watch the moment she passes sentence to Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe above.

The sentencing hearing has now ended.

We're expecting a statement from the Crown Prosecution Service shortly, and will bring you updates from that when we get them.

Judith Moritz
Inside the courtroom

Teenagers Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe show no reaction as their sentences are passed down.

Jenkinson's mother is heard crying.

Brianna’s father, Peter Spooner, nodded his head when the 22 years minimum term was passed for Jenkinson.

Mrs Justice Yip has sentenced Eddie Ratcliffe to a life sentence with a minimum of 20 years minus 352 days on remand.

The parole board will decide how many years Ratcliffe has to serve before he's eligible for parole.

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Mrs Justice Yip has handed Scarlett Jenkinson a life sentence with a minimum sentence of 22 years, minus the 352 days she has spent on remand.

Mrs Justice Yip tells Scarlett Jenkinson, "a huge amount of work will need to be done with you first" if she is ever to be released.

She says the hope remains that this "can happen" and says Jenkinson should work hard on her rehabilitation.

Now addressing Eddie Ratcliffe, she says that her analysis of his offences differ from what was included in Ratcliffe's pre-trial report.

The judge says she is confident Ratcliffe's autism does not provide any real defence for the murder. This, his severe anxiety and selective mutism, however, has made his experience of custody "more difficult".

She says he has managed to pass his GCSE while in custody, and began studying for his A-levels.

Ratcliffe showed no remorse at the trial, she says, but the pre-sentence report did show some insight into Brianna's family's feelings.

The judge adds that Ratcliffe is "capable of thinking about the consequences" of his actions.

The judge goes on to say that she thinks there is a chance that Ratcliffe could be rehabilitated and his behaviour in custody was been good.

Justice Yip says the aggravating and mitigating features mean that the pair will receive different length sentences.

The parole board will have to decide if and when they can be released, she says, "if they no longer pose a danger".

Mrs Justice Yip says she has considered the elements for mitigation "including your previous good character".

Within the 15-16 age range, there will be differing levels of maturity. She says she will look at this, along with other factors.

"Scarlett, the assessment of your intellectual ability demonstrates you are not mature or clever.

"You’ve had problems with your mood, self-harming, anorexia" she says, adding that Jenkinson has changed her account since the trial and admitted taking part in Brianna’s murder.

The judge continues: "You have lied so many times Scarlett that it’s impossible to know what is true and what is not."

She notes that Jenkinson has expressed desires to kill again, adding that if that continues she will not be released.

"You have shown no remorse", Yip says. She adds that Jenkinson's lack of empathy does explain to an extent how she could commit such a murder.

"But it does not reduce your culpability."

The judge determines that the murder is of "high seriousness" and that both defendants played in a key part in killing Brianna Ghey.

Taking this into account, Justice Yip says the evidence leads to a starting sentence of 20 years.

She adds that if she had not reached this conclusion, she would have taken the sadistic motive and transphobic comments as "significant aggravating factors" at the next stage.

Looking at the aggravating factors, the judge states that Brianna's murder involved a significant amount of planning.

Justice Yip says that the plans started with Jenkinson who brought Ratcliffe in.

The judge says she has to bear in mind that Jenkinson attempted to poison Brianna, and both were involved in a failed attempt to kill her in January.

"Brianna was vulnerable" and the pair picked her because they thought she would be an easy target and abused her friendship, the judge says.

"I therefore find that you both took part in a brutal and planned murder which was sadistic in nature," Mrs Justice Yip tells Eddie Ratcliffe and Scarlett Jenkinson.

She says this was a murder of "high seriousness", which has taken her to the starting point of 20 years.

The judge adds however that both defendants are very young, and hopes that they can be rehabilitated.

Addressing Jenkinson, she says her "primary motivation" was desire to kill, calling the murder "exceptionally brutal".

The judge says "you enjoyed the killing", adding that it was "a murder involving sadistic conduct".

Addressing Ratcliffe, she says: "You know what Scarlett wanted to do" and why.

"I find that you were motivated in part by your distaste at Brianna’s status as transgender," she adds.