A criminologist has revealed the signs that Brianna Ghey’s killers were guilty of the teenager’s murder, as the two serial killers have been sentenced to life in prison.
Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe were sentenced on Friday to 22 and 20 years in prison respectively for the murder of teenager Brianna Ghey.
Dr. David Holmes, criminal psychologist and author of Abnormal, Clinical and Forensic Psychology, told MailOnline that Ratcliffe displayed a very ‘autistic façade’ and was very ‘non-personal’ in the footage of his arrest.
‘He avoids looks and interaction, there is a lot of movement activity. He’s not running away or anything, but he’s trying to occupy his mind in other ways. He avoids the whole thing.
“It doesn’t really get through to him when he’s playing.”
Eddie Ratcliffe (pictured) is interviewed by police about the murder of Brianna Ghey, who was found with 28 stab wounds
Scarlett Jenkinson (pictured) is interviewed by police. Dr. Holmes said Jenkinson is much “more interactive” in footage of her arrest, making eye contact and being “much more alert and responsive.”
A court sketch shows Scarlett Jenkinson (left) next to Eddie Ratcliffe (right) during the sentencing hearing
Brianna Ghey (pictured) was stabbed 28 times with a hunting knife in a park near Warrington, Cheshire, on February 11 last year
CCTV footage released by police shows the moment Brianna (in white) met Jenkinson (X) and Ratcliffe (Y) at a bus stop on the day of her death
The body of ‘timid’ Brianna was found face down in the mud with 28 stab wounds after the ‘frenzied’ attack at a popular park near Warrington, Cheshire on February 11 last year.
A judge today ruled that the 16-year-old was murdered because she was transgender and the CPS is now treating the murder as a hate crime.
Neither showed any emotion when they were told they would spend 20 years behind bars, but Jenkinson’s mother began to cry in the courtroom. It was previously learned that Jenkinson has since drawn up a second ‘kill list’ Taken into custody – including the names of some of those who care for her.
Her deranged killers, described by their victim’s mother as a ‘danger to society’, had planned the attack in detail, with a handwritten note left in Jenkinson’s room reading: ‘Saturday, February 11, 2023. Victim: Brianna Ghey’. They then desperately tried to cover their songs, with Jenkinson posting a Snapchat tribute calling Brianna “such an amazing friend” and “one of the best people I’ve ever met.”
Dr. In contrast, Holmes said Jenkinson is much “more interactive” in the footage of her arrest, making eye contact and “being much more alert and responsive.”
“She seems curious as to why they think she did it… it’s a tentative cover-up plan that she’s surprised has fallen apart.
Body language expert Doctor David Holmes said: ‘He (Ratcliffe pictured) is avoiding glances and interaction, there is a lot of movement activity’
Dr. Holmes, on the other hand, said Jenkinson (pictured) seems curious as to why they think she did it.
The pair (photo) were sentenced on Friday to a minimum term of 22 and 20 years respectively for the murder of teenager Brianna Ghey.
Brianna messaged her mother on the way to the park to say she was “scared.”
“She seems surprised that they’re arresting her when she had a plan in place to avoid being noticed.”
The criminal law expert says she is ‘blind’ to the fact that people can see right through her ‘fabrications’.
He said Jenkinson is much more “confrontational and ready for battle” than Ratcliffe.
Jenkinson did not react when told she would spend more than 20 years behind bars today. She blinked intermittently as she was addressed by the judge and briefly asked a question to her intermediary, or approved adult, who sat next to her in the dock.
Her mother, who sat to her right in the public gallery, dabbed the tears from her eyes with a tissue.
Ratcliffe, who was also seated and looking straight ahead, made no visible reaction as he was sentenced. He was led to the cells without looking at his mother, who was sitting to the left of the dock.
During the sentencing, Dr. Holmes says Jenkinson behaves more like Ratcliffe, depersonalizing the situation and “not really responding.”
“These individuals are naturally indifferent,” he said. “The judge could just as well have texted them the results.”
The judge concluded that while Jenkinson was motivated by her “deep desire” to kill, Ratcliffe was “motivated in part by hostility toward Brianna because she was transgender.”
He used “dehumanizing” language, repeatedly calling her “it” and speculating whether she would scream “like a man or a girl.” In one message he told Jenkinson he wanted to kill Brianna because he ‘wanted to know what size d*** it was’.
Ms Justice Yip said that because each killer was aware of the other’s motivations, she believed they were both driven in part by transphobia.