A teenage girl accused of Brianna Ghey's murder admitted having 'dark fantasies', but denied she wanted to turn 'fantasy into reality'.
Girl X gave evidence in her defence for the first time, at the end of the second week of the trial at Manchester Crown Court.
She admitted being interested in 'murder and torture', but said she never had any intention of carrying it out in real life.
Brianna, 16, a transgender girl, died after being stabbed 28 times in a park near Warrington earlier this year, jurors have heard.
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