A 16-year-old boy has been acquitted of murder and manslaughter in the death of nine-year-old Aria Thorpe, who died from a stab wound in her Weston-super-Mare home. The boy claimed the stabbing was accidental during playfighting.
A 19-year-old neo-Nazi, Alina Burns, has been sentenced to over 15 years in prison for attempting to behead a Kurdish barber in Bristol. Motivated by extremist ideology, Burns attacked Mohammed Mahmoodi with an axe, expressing desires to kill Jews and Muslims and expel non-whites from the UK.
Six men deny charges of grooming and sexually assaulting vulnerable teenage girls in Bristol over several years, with a 12-week trial underway under reporting restrictions.
