The harrowing 999 call made by a dog walker who found the body of teenager Brianna Ghey in a park has been played to a Manchester Court.
The call was made by Kathryn Vize, who had been walking her dog with husband Andrew when they came across the dying 16-year-old in a wooded path.
Brianna, 16, had been stabbed 28 times with a hunting knife in Culcheth Linear Park, Warrington, on February 11.
Two sixteen-year-olds, identified only as girl X and boy Y, are on trial for murder at Manchester Crown Court – both have pleaded not guilty and blame each other for the killing.
After finding the disturbing scene Mrs Vize rang 999 and the court heard she was breathing heavily and saying: ‘Police and ambulance. I’m in Culcheth Linear Park.
‘Somebody has been attacked. We have seen some of the attackers run away from the body. She’s very hurt.’
Mrs Vize described where her body was, and said she was bleeding heavily, with ‘blood on her legs and back’.
She told the operator: ‘We thought it was a dummy at first. I don’t want to touch her either. I don’t know if she’s alive. She did twitch before. It’s an absolute mess.
‘I think she’s been attacked. She may have been stabbed. There’s blood coming out of her back. Oh God! Oh God!’
Mrs Vize went to the car park to direct the ambulance service while her husband waited with Brianna.
When asked if Brianna was breathing, Mrs Vize said she ‘didn’t think so’, and ‘couldn’t see her face, it’s covered in blood’.
She added: ‘It’s awful. She looks dead to me. She’s dressed like a teenager. Oh God! Are they coming quickly? It’s a nightmare.’
The operator asked: ‘Can you ask your husband to put pressure on the wound?’
Mrs Vize replied: ‘I don’t think there’s anything you can do for her. Oh God!’
In a police video interview with Mrs Vize, she recalled how the two suspects ‘stooped over the body’ and ‘lolloped’ away.
She said: ‘It was just so suspicious. They obviously saw us and felt they had to go because their pace definitely quickened up when they saw us.’
‘I can’t say she was dead for sure. I felt she was dead and I just felt very, very frightened and just thought if there’s any chance of help for this poor girl we need to get onto the police straight away.’
Days ago, the moment Brianna left home before being killed was played in court.
The video shows Brianna closing the front door while looking at something on her phone, then walking through a wooden gate, shutting it behind her and walking down the street.
The trial continues.
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