Aria, nine, died after being stabbed in her chest at her home in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, on December 15 last year.

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

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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

The 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found not guilty after claiming he had accidentally plunged a knife into the schoolgirl's chest while acting 'like I…

Aria, nine, died after being stabbed in her chest at her home in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, on December 15 last year.

Tom Thorpe recalled the awful moment he found out his daughter Aria, nine, had been stabbed to death - he said he felt as though the news had a "freezing" effect on his body