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Unmasked: Teenager who stabbed 17-year-old to death on dancefloor at summer party named

Source: Sussex Police

A 17-year-old boy who murdered a teenager on a crowded dancefloor at a summer party has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of at least 16 years behind bars.

Charlie Cosser, 17, was stabbed three times in the chest in a marquee on the grounds of a farmhouse at a private party attended by more than 100 people in Warnham, West Sussex, on July 23 2023.

His killer, Yura Varybrus, can be named for the first time after applications by the PA news agency and the to lift a ban on reporting his identity.

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