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As a reminder of what's been happening today, the killers of 16-year-old transgender teenager Brianna Ghey have been jailed. 

Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe, both 16, were named for the first time after the court lifted reporting restrictions. 

Jenkinson has been sentenced to life with a minimum of 22 years, while Ratcliffe was given life with a minimum term of 20 years.

The court also heard victim impact statements from Brianna's family, who described her killers as "monsters" who had "lured" the vulnerable teenager to her death. 

For more on this story, you can read our full article below. 

Charity Young Minds has warned Brianna Ghey's death is a "stark reminder of the abuse and hostility trans young people can face in our society". 

"No one should be discriminated against, hurt or killed for being who they are," it wrote in a statement on X. 

Earlier, the CPS said it considered Brianna's killing a hate crime motivated in part by "hostility" towards her because she was transgender. 

This case has reignited the debate over whether children who kill should ever be named.  

On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson explores the issue with Laura O'Brien, who represents children and young adults at Hodge Jones and Allen Solicitors, and David James Smith, author of The Sleep of Reason: The James Bulger Case.

During the trial, killers Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe were only referred to as "girl X" and "boy Y".

This was due to a reporting restriction imposed by the court preventing the media or anyone else from naming them. 

These orders are usually put in place where children are involved to protect them. 

In this case, the order was lifted as the killers were sentenced. Our chief North of England correspondent Greg Milam explains why... 

For more on this story, you can read the piece below about Brianna Ghey's killers being jailed. 

A GoFundMe page in memory of Brianna Ghey is still attracting donations on the day of her killers' sentencing. 

The fundraiser, which is raising money for the Mindfulness in Schools Project, has passed 拢50,000. 

Brianna's mother, Esther Ghey, said she had "decided to help make a difference to our society to reduce the risk of this happening again to another young person". 

The fundraising page says mindfulness techniques in schools "will allow children to process and deal with negative emotions in a healthy way - preventing mental health problems from developing in later life". 

Some may have expected the killers' sentences to be "more severe" due to their "horrific crimes" - but they are in line with previous cases, says Richard Jones, director of journalism, politics and contemporary history at the University of Salford. 

Providing some immediate reaction to the news that Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe will be jailed for decades, he said the judge was "very clear" as to how she'd come to her decision.

"This is very much in line with previous cases. The slightly higher tariff for Scarlett Jenkinson reflects the driving force that she played as the judge described."

Asked about the decision to lift the anonymity order, Mr Jones said it was "the correct one".

There are few precedents for a case as "rare and as horrific as this", he added.

"I think that everybody in that local community and around the country has a right to know the factors that maybe led up to such an unusual case," Mr Jones said.

It's also important that they are named to "maintain the public's trust in the justice system", he noted.

We've just received a statement from Cheshire Constabulary, which has expressed its condolences to Brianna Ghey's family. 

DI Nige Parr said: "This has been a challenging and complex investigation from the very beginning and while I am pleased that the two responsible for Brianna's brutal and senseless murder have been handed significant sentences, there is no escaping the tragedy in this case.

"Thankfully, Brianna's family will finally see those responsible for her murder being punished for their part in this shocking crime."

Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe have "shown absolutely no remorse for the pain they have caused" and "selfishly" subjected Brianna's family to a trial. 

"I would like to express my sincere condolences to Brianna's family," DI Parr said.

"They have shown an immense amount of courage and dignity throughout the investigation and the trial, and this has been an incredibly difficult experience for them. I hope that they can now in some way start to rebuild their lives after going through so much pain and grief."

Senior Crown Prosecutor Nicola Wyn Williams says Brianna Ghey's killing is considered a hate crime.

Speaking outside Manchester Crown Court, she said the CPS applied to the judge for an increase in the killers' sentences as it believed the "killing was a hate crime, motivated in part by hostility towards Brianna because she was transgender".

"We are pleased that the court has agreed that this was a motive," she said.

There is no reaction or flicker of emotion from Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe as they are sentenced, writes Henry Vaughan from Manchester Crown Court.

Jenkinson briefly turns to speak to the intermediary, who had assisted her throughout the trial, before she and Ratcliffe are led down to the cells.

Members of Brianna Ghey's family, including her father Peter Spooner and mother Esther Ghey, remained calm and composed as their daughter's killers were sentenced.