Overview
- TikTok: Murder Gone Viral will air the Cosser episode on Tuesday, October 21 at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
- Charlie Cosser, 17, died two and a half days after being stabbed three times at a West Sussex end‑of‑term party in June 2023.
- Yura Varybrus, then 16, was convicted of murder and possession of a bladed article and received a life sentence with a minimum term of 16 years.
- The programme recounts evidence presented at trial, including witnesses saying Varybrus was drenched in blood, burnt his clothes, and altered his phone, with the knife never recovered.
- Charlie’s father, Martin, grew a large following on @CharlieCosser17 and founded the charity Charlie’s Promise, speaking at more than 200 schools to warn about knife crime.