ITV's TikTok Murder Gone Viral returns with Charlie Cosser case

ITV’s true crime series TikTok Murder Gone Viral returns on October 21 with a three-episode second season that opens with the 2023 killing of 17-year-old amateur footballer Charlie Cosser in Surrey. The hour-long episode will examine the events at a farmhouse party in Warnham, West Sussex, the subsequent murder trial and the role social media played in public response to the case.

Charlie Cosser was fatally stabbed in July 2023 after an altercation at a marquee event known as BalFest, which drew more than 100 young people. Court evidence presented at Brighton Crown Court in June 2024 established that following complaints about the behaviour of 16-year-old Yura Varybrus, he and others were asked to leave the party by a group that included Cosser. A fight ensued and Varybrus stabbed Cosser three times in the chest, causing a cut to a major artery that led to internal bleeding and cardiac arrest. Cosser was taken to hospital and died two days later.

Varybrus was arrested and initially entered a guilty plea before being allowed to change his plea to not guilty, prompting a full trial. Witnesses told the court they saw Varybrus drenched in blood after the attack and one recalled...