The Trial

"The Trial..." takes listeners behind the headlines and into the courtroom of some of the biggest trials in the world.

Our first series "The Trial of Lucy Letby" was a worldwide hit, with over 13million downloads, while season 2 focused on the murder of Ashling Murphy, a 23 year old teacher from Ireland.

It’s third season covers the trial of the killing of Brianna Ghey, a 16 year old transgender girl from Warrington, England...

In this episode Caroline and Liz examine the opening of the prosecution case as it was presented to the court.

They reveal how the jury heard that Brianna was stabbed 28 times before she died.

And how the two teenagers accused of Brianna’s murder were preoccupied with violence and torture and allegedly plotted to kill up to five different people in the days before her death.

The Trial.....

Blaming Each Other

Today we'll hear evidence that Girl X allegedly had a 'hit list' of five children she wanted to kill.

We'll hear how messages exchanged between the two teenagers accused of Brianna's murder show Boy Y was reluctant to do it on a school night because he wanted to revise.

And we'll hear of the harrowing testimony from the dog walker who found Brianna's body shortly after the attack.

Both defendants deny murder...

Today we’ll hear about the moment the two teenagers were arrested on suspicion of Brianna’s murder. 

We’ll also hear that Girl X denied being involved in the alleged attack on Brianna and that she whatsapp’d Boy Y to “make sure the story adds up.

And we’ll explain that Boy Y told police he saw Girl X stab Brianna in the back. Both defendants deny murder...

Today we’ll hear that Boy Y thought Girl X’s alleged plan to kill Brianna was a joke - but that it went too far.

We’ll also explain what the Police found when they searched their bedrooms.

And how notes allegedly written by Girl X outlined the characteristics of serial killers. Both deny the murder.

The Trial takes listeners behind the headlines and into the courtrooms of some of the biggest criminal cases in the world...

In today’s episode we will hear what Girl X says happened when Brianna was killed.

We’ll hear Girl X admit that the idea of stabbing Brianna was fun.

And that she lied to Police and sent a message to Brianna, after she knew she was dead, as a cover.

The Trial takes listeners behind the headlines and into the courtrooms of some of the biggest criminal cases in the world...

In today’s episode we’ll explain that Boy Y gave his evidence to the court by typing his answers because he is unable to speak.

How he told the jury that Girl X was ‘giddy’ before they met Brianna on the day she died.

And how he said he wanted to explain to police that Girl X had used his hunting knife to kill Brianna but instead lied because he was ‘scared’ officers would ‘tell him off...

In today’s episode we’ll hear the prosecutor insist that ‘both defendants played a part in the murder of Brianna’.

But we’ll also hear Girl C’s barrister say that she couldn’t be responsible because there was ‘not even so much as a microscopic droplet of blood’ found on her clothes.

Meanwhile, Boy Y’s barrister has argued he was just an ‘extra’ in the tragic murder, which Gril X orchestrated, directed and carried out...

Two high school pupils have been found guilty of murdering 16 year old Brianna Ghey.

The jury of seven men and five women took just 4 hours and 40 minutes to decide that the boy and girl - who cannot currently be named because of their ages - killed Brianna.

Even though it was impossible to be sure who had inflicted the final stab wound that ended her life, the jury found them to be jointly responsible...