A candlelight vigil took place on Weymouth seafront last night  following the death of teenager Brianna Ghey.

15-year-old Brianna was found dead in a Cheshire park at 3.13 pm on Saturday, February 11.

A 15-year-old girl from Warrington and a 15-year-old boy from Leigh, have been charged with murder.

On Tuesday evening people gathered for candlelit vigils at St George’s Hall in Liverpool and at College Green in Bristol.

On Wednesday evening, hundreds of people gathered outside the Department for Education building in London, where a minute’s silence was held and flowers and a sign saying “RIP Brianna” were left at the door of the building.

On Saturday, at 6pm, a vigil took place for Brianna at the Jubilee Clock on the Esplanade.

The official event was been approved by Weymouth town Council.

A poster for the event by Weymouth Gay Group encouraged people to "bring a candle and a friend and Rainbow and Transgender flags too!"

The event was organised by Charity Gardiner, who is the Youth worker in charge of the Space Youth Project in Bridport.

Charity said: "I believe that everyone should show support to Brianna's friends and family. There are a lot of reasons why I feel the need to organize the vigil.

"After seeing a lot of people asking if anything was going to be done, I realized that all that was needed was for someone to stand up and decide.

"I am encouraged by the responses to my decision to move forward, and I hope to see a lot of people at the vigil to honour Brianna.

"I really feel angry, why should we have to do this?

"We shouldn't be made to feel like outcasts, we shouldn't be holding vigils for dead trans youth. But here we are.

"The hateful rhetoric that is happening daily is making trans lives fearful and unhappy.

"What did we do wrong by trying to live valid lives."

For more information on the vigil email dreamer100@hotmail.com or visit weymouthgaygroup.weebly.com