Friends and family joined by dignitaries and and public to honour ‘fun, intelligent angel’
Hundreds of mourners have gathered to pay tribute to the murdered teenager Brianna Ghey, who was described in a moving funeral service as a “true one-off, unique and truly unforgettable”.
Wearing pink at the request of the teenager’s family, they filled the aisles of St Elphin’s church, in Warrington, with some mourners having to listen to the service outside in the rain. “We have grown together and progressed through our transition together. You made me laugh when I was down, you made me smile, I know you’re here with me.”
She added: “She was kind and she was caring and we knew that she was always there for you. She found a way to make things that didn’t feel like they were worth something, worth something. She found a way to make people carry on when they didn’t want to.”Carrying pink balloons and wearing t-shirts emblazoned “Rest in power”, mourners stood in silence as Brianna’s pink and white coffin arrived at the church in a cortege led by two white horses, decorated with pink plumes.
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