'Girl X' tells murder trial she heard screaming and saw co-accused stab Brianna Ghey 'five times'

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Teenager Brianna Ghey was stabbed 'five times' by one of the two people accused of her murder, a court has heard. 'Girl X' - one of two defendants accused of killing Brianna - told jurors today that she heard screaming and looked to see her co-accused 'Boy Y' stab the teen.

The 16-year-old defendant became visibly upset in court as she told the story, after a morning of being questioned. Brianna was stabbed 28 times in her head, neck, chest and back with a hunting knife after, prosecutors allege, she was lured to Linear Park in Culcheth, near Warrington, on the afternoon of February 11 earlier this year. READ MORE: Manchester 'Beast' filed down his teeth so that he could kill again READ MORE: The Manchester sweetshop 'jigsaw' killer...

caught by detectives using a vacuum cleaner Both girl X and boy Y, aged 15 at the time, now both 16, deny murder and both are blaming each other for Brianna’s death.

Neither can be named due to their age. Jury members at Manchester Crown Court have seen an alleged handwritten ‘murder plan’ found in girl X’s bedroom and been shown text messages between her and boy Y, allegedly showing the plan to lure Brianna to the park and kill her.