Brianna Ghey: candles and flower tributes laid at vigil for trans teenager

At least 300 people gather on Tuesday night to pay respect to 16-year-old girl stabbed to death in a Warrington park on Saturday

Candles and flowers have been laid out on the steps of St George’s Hall in Liverpool in tribute to Brianna Ghey, a trans teenager who was stabbed to death in a Warrington park on Saturday.

A crowd of at least 300 people, many of them also teenagers and young adults, gathered quietly on Tuesday night to pay respect to the 16-year-old, who her family described as “strong, fearless, one of a kind”.