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Teenage boy found not guilty of murdering Aria Thorpe, nine, in Somerset
Jurors found the 16-year-old not guilty after hearing he said he meant to scare Aria Thorpe, who died from a single stab wound.
- A 16-year-old defendant was cleared by a jury at Bristol Crown Court on Thursday of murder and manslaughter charges in the death of nine-year-old Aria Thorpe.
- Aria died last December in her North Somerset home after the teenager, who had been visiting, jabbed a 21cm knife toward her to "scare" her.
- Pathologist Dr. Amanda Jeffery told the jury the fatal injury, which pierced Aria's heart, was between 7.5 and 8cm deep and caused death "very swiftly."
- The teenager fled to Worle railway station after the incident, where he told a group of children the death was an "accident" before police were alerted via 999.
- During the trial, jurors heard the defendant demonstrate a ninja-style move while fencing with the knife, though he insisted the injury occurred accidentally while trying to get a reaction.
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