UPDATED: A fundraising page to support the family of Birchwood teenager Brianna Ghey, who was stabbed to death at Culcheth Linear Park last Saturday, has now reached more than £100,000.
Vigils in memory of the teenager, who was transgender, have been held across the country, including in Liverpool and Manchester with more planned across the weekend, including one in Culcheth this evening and another in Golden Square, Warrington, tomorrow.
The creators of the Go Fund Me page said: “We would like to help the Ghey family who has had their beautiful daughter cruelly taken from them in the most shocking and heartbreaking way.
“Brianna was an outgoing, confident girl. She brought a lot of laughter to those who knew her. She was looking forward to taking her exams this year and beginning her journey into the adult world.
“We have set up this page to help the family at this truly devastating time. We need your support to help them with funeral costs (we want to make this pink and colourful to match her personality) and ask if you can spare anything no
matter how small to try to relieve their stress and allow them to grieve their beautiful daughter.”
Donations can still be made via https://www.gofundme.com/f/brianna-ghey
Emergency services were called to Culcheth Linear Park by members of the public at 3.13 pm on Saturday 11 February, after Brianna’s body was found on a path where she was sadly pronounced dead.
A 15-year-old boy from Leigh and a 15-year-old girl, from Warrington, who can not be named for legal reasons, have since been charged with murder and are set to stand trial in July.
Teenagers set to face trial in July accused of murder of 16-year-old Brianna Ghey
