Teen who ‘stabbed tragic Aria Thorpe, 9, to death claimed they were “playfighting” when he plunged blade into her chest’

A TEEN who stabbed a nine-year-old girl to death later claimed he was "playfighting" when he thrust the knife through her chest, a court heard. The 16-year-old, who can't be named, is accused of murdering Aria Thorpe in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, in December last year. Bristol Crown Court heard he admitted "he had hold of...