They killed Charlie Bartolo – and murdered Kearne Solanke by accident. Now they’re facing life sentences
A group of teenagers who accidentally stabbed one of their own gang members to death as they murdered another boy during a ‘ride out’ are facing life sentences. Charlie Bartolo, 16, was rammed off his motorbike by a car before five killers jumped out and stabbed him repeatedly in Sewell Road, Abbey Wood, southeast London on 26 November 2022. One of the attackers, 16-year-old Kearne Solanke, was accidentally knifed in the shoulder by his friend as they set about Charlie….











