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16-year-old killers of transgender teenager in England sentenced for 'sadistic' murder

apnews.com 16-year-old killers of transgender teenager in England sentenced for 'sadistic' murder

The two 16-year-old convicted killers of a transgender teenager in northwest England nearly a year ago have been given minimum sentences of 20 and 22 years.

Justice Amanda Yip lifted the reporting restrictions on naming the killers of 16-year-old Brianna Ghey. They were identified at Manchester Crown Court as Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe.

The horrific murder shocked the nation. Ghey was stabbed with a hunting knife 28 times in her head, neck, chest and back in broad daylight after being lured to a park in the town of Warrington on Feb. 11, 2023.

Yip handed Ratcliffe and Jenkinson a mandatory life sentence, and ordered them to serve a minimum term of 20 and 22 years, respectively, before they could be eligible for parole. If they had been adults — over the age of 18 — they would have faced much longer minimum terms. They will be transferred to adult prisons when they turn 18. Neither showed no visible reaction on being sentenced.

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FUCK religion
- Absolutely. But what does that have to do with this case? Honestly asking, the article didn't say anything about the motive besides an interest jn violence and serial-killers.
  
  I think a lot of Americans, at least in this thread feel like this would be linked with Christian wackos. In Europe we have Christian wackos but they are not the same as the ones you have and are far fewer. It's much more likely that people who hate on a minority are under educated and/or poor. It's also much less of a sides thing, we don't have the Christian wackos (GOP) vs "the rest". Most countries have some sort of proportional representation, so there are Christians in all groups, the Christian wackos are more dilute. That's not to say that they are non existant more that you can't, for example, guess that these people were religious and probably be right like you might in the US.
  
  Ah thanks, but I'm not from the US (thank god). So this isn't a fact i just missed in other news, it's just the usual duality with no grey in between. I really doubt there was any religion or politics in them. Just sadism and hate. And they picked a target that their surroundings hate. That's what kids do. My 2 euro-cents.
  
  I meant to reply to the person above you actually, sorry.
- I dunno if religion is strictly to blame. The assumption is that the source of bigotry towards trans people is religion but that hasn't jived with my experiences. A lot of it comes more from people framing us as a logistical or social "problem" that is being encouraged rather than " solved" by the current model of care that places it's focus on the ultimate well-being of the individual. A lot of that is secular in source.
  People will find any manner of sources of justification to reinforce their "ick" response. Science (or a limited understanding of surface level science) and "common sense" is often more the rhetoric that gets splashed around and are often the most brazen objectors to my identity. The "you'll burn in hell" types are actually decently rare by comparison... Generally heartbreaking to hear of don't get me wrong but only a fraction of the whole problem.

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