The 16-year-old, who cannot be identified due to his age, was cleared of both charges by a jury at Bristol Crown Court on Thursday

A teenage boy, aged 16, has been found not guilty by a jury at Bristol Crown Court of the murder and manslaughter of nine-year-old Aria Thorpe who died after being stabbed.

A 16-year-old boy has been found not guilty of the murder and manslaughter of Aria Thorpe, nine, who was found with a knife wound to her chest at her home in Weston-super-Mare