Overview
- Coroner’s officer Andrew Eastwood told Avon Coroners’ Court that Aria Thorpe died at home from a single stab wound to her chest.
- The death occurred on 15 December at an address on Lime Close in the Mead Vale area of Weston-super-Mare, with paramedics pronouncing her dead at 6.58pm.
- Area coroner Dr Peter Harrowing directed that the full post-mortem report be provided by 16 February and listed a coronial review for 10 April.
- A 15-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been charged with murder, remanded to youth detention, and faces a provisional trial starting 15 June expected to last two weeks.
- The coroner identified Aria’s family and the alleged perpetrator as interested persons, and family tributes described her as a joyful and kind child.