Boy, 15, charged with murder of nine-year-old Aria Thorpe in Somerset

Teenager to appear in court over death of girl in Weston-super-Mare on Monday

A 15-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with the murder of a nine-year-old girl in Weston-super-Mare.

Aria Thorpe died from a single stab wound at an address in the North Somerset town on Monday, Somerset police said. Emergency services were called to Lime Close shortly before 6.10pm.