The man who found a nine-year-old girl after she had been stabbed said he first thought she was "messing around", a court has heard. Aria Thorpe died of a single stab wound to her chest in her home on 15 December last year in Weston-super-Mare. The man, who was staying at the house at the time, told Bristol Crown Court on Tuesday, he then realised Aria was face down and covered in blood. He called 999 and attempted to give her CPR but she died at the scene.