Brianna Ghey murder: I’m a psychologist – this is why children kill
The IndependentThe best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Doorbell footage captures Brianna Ghey leaving home hours before her murder These violent killings turned into a wider discussion in UK government: could the consumption of extremely violent materials be encouraging children to kill each other? Most people preferred to believe there was something individually wrong with those violent children, and didn’t particularly want to examine the role of violent media. Brianna Ghey’s murderers loved sensationalist documentaries about serial killers such as Jeffrey Dahmer, Dr Harold Shipman and Richard Ramirez. Thirty years on from the murder of James Bulger and another child has been brutally murdered by two children who were inspired by violent media.
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Brianna Ghey’s mother says she ‘knew something like this was going to happen’ when police told her of killing
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'What she did was beyond our worst nightmare': Family of torture-loving Scarlett Jenkinson break their silence after teen is jailed for killing Brianna Ghey as they say they're 'truly sorry' and thank
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Brianna Ghey’s killer’s new school was not told she had drugged another pupil
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Inside the twisted notebook of Brianna Ghey’s serial killer-obsessed murderer
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Brianna Ghey’s mother remembers murdered daughter’s ‘fearlessness’ and praises ‘outstanding’ trans community
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Brianna Ghey’s mother calls for empathy as judge rules teenage killers can be named – live
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Heartbroken mother of murdered Brianna Ghey launches 'mindfulness' campaign in her daughter's memory to urge school children to behave with 'empathy and compassion' to one another
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Brianna Ghey killers could have struck again: Detectives fear two torture-obsessed teenagers would have moved on to other victims after they drew up a 'kill list' of five potential targets
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Brianna Ghey killing being investigated as potential hate crime
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Two 15-year-olds questioned over Brianna Ghey murder
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Trans community mourns murder of Brianna Ghey as tributes paid to TikTok star
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Brianna Ghey murder: Tributes to trans girl stabbed to death in park
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Two children arrested on suspicion of murdering Brianna Ghey, 16, in Warrington park
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