Murdered teenager was terrified of knife crime

A teenager who had made a video about his fear of knife crime was stabbed to death with a machete outside his school gates, a court heard. Renell Charles, 16, was allegedly chased and stabbed in the back outside Kelmscott School in Walthamstow on 5 May. A 16-year-old, who cannot be named, appeared at the Old Bailey today via video link from Feltham Young Offenders Institution (thurs) charged with murder. Prosecutor Peter Ratliff said: ‘At around 4pm on 5 May…

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