A teenager who murdered 17-year-old Charlie Cosser at a party in Warnham, West Sussex, has been jailed for life.
Teenager Yura Varybrus will serve a minimum of 16 years in prison.
Cosser was stabbed three times in the chest in a marquee in the grounds of a farmhouse at a party attended by more than 100 people on 23 July 2023.
Varybrus was sentenced at Brighton Crown Court.
Judge Christine Henson KC earlier lifted restrictions on naming Varybrus, who was 16 at the time of the attack.
Varybrus was found guilty of murder and having a bladed article following a trial.
He stabbed Charlie, who was not known to him, when a fight broke out between them and two other boys on the dancefloor.
While the knife has never been found, witnesses at the party told jurors during the trial that they saw Varybrus “drenched” in blood and heard him say “I’ve stabbed someone” after the attack.
Sentencing Varybrus on Wednesday, Judge Christine Henson KC said: “Instead of what should have been an end of academic year celebration, Charlie was stabbed … on a crowded marquee dancefloor.
“The impact of the loss of Charlie to his family and friends is immeasurable.”
Charlie’s mother, Tara Cosser, said the impact of losing her “calm and chilled” son would “last forever”.
She told the court the 17-year-old had begun an apprenticeship as a groundsman at a private school and was “loving his new adventure”.
He was also “so excited” to go on his first holiday with friends to Zante he had been saving up for after the party.
Describing her son as someone who “got along with everybody”, Mrs Cosser said: “We have the life sentence, and Charlie has no life.
“No sentence will be long enough for my child’s murderer. It doesn’t bring Charlie back.”
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