Dad demands new trial after teenager who stabbed girl, 9, walks free

Brooke Davies | Senior News reporter Published August 22, 2026 11:34am Updated August 22, 2026 11:34am Aria Thorpe was stabbed to death in her own home in December (Picture: Family Handout/PA Wire) A dad is appealing to have a re-trial after a teenager who stabbed his daughter in the heart walked free from court. Tom Thorpe, the dad of nine-year-old Aria Thorpe, is launching a campaign after his daughter was killed in her own home in December in Weston-super-Mare. She was stabbed by a 15-year-old who admitted waving a knife ‘ninja-style’ at her, plunging it 3 inches into her chest and wounding her heart. He then fled the scene, and was seen on CCTV recreating the stabbing to a group of teenagers at a train station. Tom said: ‘Walking into a living room with the biggest knife in the house,