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Teenage boy found not guilty of murdering Aria Thorpe, nine, in Somerset
Jury clears 16-year-old of murder and manslaughter over the death of Aria, who died from a single stab wound
TL;DR
- A 16-year-old boy was acquitted of murder and manslaughter in the death of Aria Thorpe, aged nine.
- Aria died from a single stab wound to the chest inflicted by a kitchen knife at her home in Weston-super-Mare.
- The boy stated he was trying to scare Aria and make her flinch, not intending to kill or seriously harm her, and that the knife went into her accidentally.
- The prosecution argued the boy deliberately stabbed Aria with intent to cause serious harm or that he subjected her to a risk of physical harm.
- The boy was arrested at a train station after telling other children he had killed Aria accidentally.